Analyze the word to determine its prefix. then use your understanding of the prefix meaning to choose the correct meaning of the word. circumnavigate  to follow a planned course of travel to plan a course of travel to the circus to follow a course all the way around the globe

(you didn't attach a copy of the poem, but i'm answering as best as i can)

since a simile compares two unlike things using like or as, it kind of gives an item the ability to do something it can't.

example: "the player was like a tiger on the field"

in this sentence, the simile conveys the idea that the player was fast and strong, like a tiger.