"'You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it'" is the quote above Indirect "speech * thoughts * effects *actions *looks" or *direct characterization? and WHY?

Indirect characterization describes a character through their thoughts, actions, speech, and dialogue. Direct characterization, or  describes the character through their physical description, things about them...

Explanation:

This seems to be describing what it might be like to climb into someone else's skin and walk around as them.  Possibly his thoughts?  Indirect and thoughts...

You cannot literally do this, but you can think it

a, b, and c are all correct.

(you didn't attach a copy of the poem, but i'm answering as best as i can)

since a simile compares two unlike things using like or as, it kind of gives an item the ability to do something it can't.

example: "the player was like a tiger on the field"

in this sentence, the simile conveys the idea that the player was fast and strong, like a tiger.