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20 May, 04:12

Read these lines from the poem "Camouflaging the Chimera" by Yusef Komunyakaa:

But we waited till the moon touched metal, till something almost broke inside us. VC struggled with the hillside, like black silk wrestling iron through grass. Which best describes one effect of the poet's use of simile in this excerpt?

A. It compares the struggle of the Viet Cong with the struggle of a silkworm emerging from its cocoon.

B. It links two dissimilar things: the city and black silk to illustrate how the soldiers blended into the landscape.

C. It shows the VC's coordination in the face of obstacles to emphasize the challenging nature of the environment.

D. It relies on two similar words: "struggled" and "wrestling" to communicate the strenuous nature of war.

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  1. 20 May, 04:34
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    I confirmed the answer as C. It shows the VC's coordination in the face of obstacles to emphasize the challenging nature of the environment. Through Apex
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