Read the passage. when the heat like a mist veil floats, and poppies flame in the eye, and the silver note in the streamlets throat has softened almost to a sigh it is july which best identifies and interprets the device underlined in the passage? a. the device is a metaphor, it compares water to silver b. the device is a simile; it appeals to sense of the sound by comparing he after to a sigh c. the device is sensory language; it appeals to hearing by suggesting the creek is mostly quite because the heat of summer has dried up its water d. the device is a motif; it creates a sense of softness due to the repetition of the s sound