This quotation is a metaphor. It is a metaphor because it
compares "your" genius to a boat that is hoisting its sails. This is a metaphor and not
a simile because of the way in which it makes the
comparison.
If this had been a simile, it would have said
something like "my genius is like a little vessel..." In this case, the comparison is
made directly, by using the word "like." Instead, this is a metaphor because it just
says that your genius is a vessel -- not that it is like one.
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