I need some help with quote language.?

Hey!

I need to comment on the language of this quote:

“The moon was sharply defined crescent and the sky was perfectly clear. The stars shone with such fierce, contained brilliance that it seemed absurd to call the night dark. The sea lay quietly, bathed in a shy, light footed light, a dancing play of black and silver that extended without limits all about me.”

1) The moon was sharply defined crescent : is this a metaphor?

2) The sea lay quietly, bathed in a shy, light footed light, a dancing play of black and silver: is moon's light being compared to a play? is this a metaphor to?

and in general, do you notice any other literary elements in the above quote?

Any help would be really appreciated! Thank you!





Answer :
1) I would say that it is imagery rather than a metaphor because a crescent moon is a shape that is commonly used to describe how the moon looks on that particular evening

2) I think it is just using imagery for you to imagine what exactly the setting is rather than metaphors. But I don't know your teachers mindset and how she would grade it. The moonlight is shining and glimmering on the sea like dancing lights, and it entertains her almost as if she was watching a play.

Sea lay quietly is personification because it gives human like characteristics to an inanimate object.

Don't say they are metaphors unless she specifically asked for them because I couldn't find any. It is mostly just vivid imagery

Also what is that from? If the author is that descriptive in her writing I want to read the book.