Drive my dead thoughts over the universe/Like withered leaves to

Drive my dead thoughts over the universe/Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth!” (Percy Bysshe Shelleyto the West Wind ）
What rhetorical device does the poet use in the quoted lines?
A、Synecdoche.
B、Metaphor.
C、Simile.
D、Onomatopoeia.
【正确答案】：C
【题目解析】：“把我陈腐的思想驱赶到宇宙的各方，就像枯叶去加速又一个新生！”这是雪莱《西风颂》里的句子。作者运用了明喻的修辞手法。答案为C。P214