In Ode to enchanted light, an example of metaphor appears in line?

Of the poems you have read so far, which did you find most powerful regarding the themes of identity and/or freedom and why? don't forget evidence (quotes, name of poem,

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

The attitude the speaker in this poem holds toward himself can best be described as