In Siegfried Sassoon’s poem "The Dragon and the Undying," the lines “Yet, though the slain are homeless as the breeze,/Vocal are they, like stormbewilder’d seas” employ which literary device, and what is its purpose?

Explanation

The lines use a simile, comparing soldiers to natural forces like the breeze and stormy seas, to emphasize their restless and vocal presence despite being fallen. This literary device draws a vivid connection between human experience and nature.