Question

Identify the poetic device in the given line - I followed like a child.​

Answer 1

The poetic device is simile.

• It is a metaphor employing the terms like or as to equate separate objects, describing something by contrasting it to something seemingly unassociated.
• The line expresses that a child's mind is too young to distinguish between right and wrong.
• It simply imitates and follows others without judging or considering the consequences. As a consequence, the metaphor "followed like a child" can allude to one's willingness to believe or follow another.

Answer 2

Answer:

Identify the poetic device in the given line : 'I followed like a child.'

• Identified poetic device is Simile.

• This figure of speech is used to make a comparison between two dissimilar things by using the key words 'like' or 'as'.

• Here in the given sentence like is a key word of Simile.

• The two dissimilar things are 'attitude of walking' and 'child'.

• 'Attitude of walking' has been compared with a 'child' by the key word 'like'.

• So Simile is correct.