Which lines from "the courage that my mother had" contain a simile? the courage that my mother had went with her, and is with her still: the golden brooch my mother wore she left behind for me to wear; i have no thing i treasure more: yet, it is something i could spare. that courage, like a rock which she has no more need of, and i have.

The line from the poem that included a simile is "That courage, like a rock..."

A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things by using the words "like" or "as". In this case, the word "courage" is compared to "a rock".

A simile is different from a metaphor since a simile uses the words "like" or "as" whereas the metaphor makes a direct comparison without those words.

in the quotation from passage, connie willis states that literature is a way for authors from the past to communicate with readers of today. we can read their stories, books, and other texts to learn lessons about life. willis refers to these lessons as messages “from beyond the grave.” willis has a favorable viewpoint about the timelessness of literature.