Duplicate of SSC 8 Literary Devices Out of the Dust

red dust, like prairie fire

heaven's shadow crept across the plains

the storm swallowed the light

Piano, my silent mother, --

But the flames, crazy in the wind, licked away at the wooden frames

My father's song starts and stops like a car short of gas

An example of alliteration is

she's an old mule on the subject of my schooling

It threw huge chunks into the air, the ground shook, and smoke choked everything in its path.

cook them custard and cobbler and crisp

"he's stubborn as sod" compares

She'd scuff into the kitchen-- scuff is an example of