May I know what is a literary device in the story of Sinbad the Sailor?

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So saying he stamped upon the ground like one beside himself with misery and despair.

From time to time we landed at various islands, where we sold or exchanged our merchandise, and one day, when the wind dropped suddenly, we found ourselves becalmed close to a small island like a green meadow, which only rose slightly above the surface of the water.

Other fishes there were only a cubit long which had heads like owls.