Respuesta :

It’s a metaphor. It means he had a big heart, & was loyal.

Answer:

Simile.

Explanation:

A Simile is A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as, as in “How like the winter hath my absence been” or “So are you to my thoughts as food to life” (Shakespeare).

A Metaphor is

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in “a sea of troubles” or