Question

2. Read this line from the poem.
Summer had run like fire through its
veins,
What does this simile suggest about the tree?
A. that it had survived both drought and fire
B. that it was scarred by natural forces
c. that it thrived during the hot summer
D. that it physically experienced the seasons

Answer 1

Answer:

d

Explanation:

that it physically experienced the seasons

(... like fire through its  veins, ...)

Answer 2

Literary or poetic devices are the tools used in the poems and the literature to depict the ideas, themes and concepts. The simile suggests that trees physically experienced the seasons.

What is a simile?

A simile is a figure of speech used for comparing the objects or things with another with the help of the words "like", "as", "than" etc. It makes the description of the words more definitive.

With the use of the word "like fire," the poet wants the readers to imagine the heat and the summer the tree experienced and compared the fire with the heat of the summer.

Therefore, option D. simile suggests the physical experience of the season by the tree.

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