Read this excerpt from The Odyssey, Book 21 and answer the question.
“But the man skilled in all ways of contending,
satisfied by the great bow's look and heft.
like a musician, like a harper, when
with quiet hand upon his instrument
he draws between his thumb and forefinger
a sweet new string upon a a peg”
The author uses the metaphor to suggest that Odysseus_____.
A. has similar to those of a herper who quietly strings a bow
B. wishes he had practiced alone before attempting to string the bow
C. is content to compete with the younger suitors in stringing the bow
D. desires to prove to the other suitors how adept he is at stringing the bow
