What is one purpose of the simile in this poem?

The last scud of day holds back for me,

It flings my likeness after the rest and true as any on the

shadow'd wilds,

It coaxes me to the vapor and the dusk.

I depart as air, I shake my white locks at the runaway sun,

I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags.

A. To link two unlike concepts: mountains and burial mounds

B. To make an animal seem like a peer to the speaker

C. To make a connection between the speaker and the reader

D. To compare the speaker to a force of nature

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Elisa

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17 April, 17:14

What is one purpose of the simile in this poem?

The last scud of day holds back for me,

It flings my likeness after the rest and true as any on the

shadow'd wilds,

It coaxes me to the vapor and the dusk.

I depart as air, I shake my white locks at the runaway sun,

I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags.

A. To link two unlike concepts: mountains and burial mounds

B. To make an animal seem like a peer to the speaker

C. To make a connection between the speaker and the reader

D. To compare the speaker to a force of nature

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Russell Whitehead · Answer 1

I think the correct answer from the choices listed above is option D. One purpose of the simile in this poem would be to compare the speaker to a force of nature. Hope this answers the question. Have a nice day. Feel free to ask more questions.