The snake lifted his head from his drinking in the same manner as cattle do and looked vaguely at the poet. Then he moved his two forked tongue from his lips and thought for some time. After that the drank some more water. The poet noticed that the snake was earth brown or earth golden in colour and had come out the burning bottom of the earth to drink water as it was a very hot day of July in Sicily and Etna had erupted and was smoking.

Simile –

(a) as cattle do.

(b) as drinking cattle do.

Alliteration –

(a) And flickered his two forked ………………. 

(b) ………………. his two forked tongue.

(c) ………………. and mused a moment.

(d) ………………. burning bowels of the earth