Question

Read this sentence from "The Making of the Arms" from the Iliad.

She flew swift as a hawk to her son, and found him lying on the ground, weeping aloud, holding in his arms the body of Patroclus.

What does the phrase "swift as a hawk" mean?


reluctantly

quickly

fearlessly

hungrily

Answer 1

Answer:

the answer is B quickly

Explanation:

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Answer 2

The thing which the phrase "swift as a hawk" means is B. quickly

What is SImile?

This refers to a figure of speech that is used to make comparisons between two dissimilar objects.

Hence, we can see that the simile used in the given excerpt was  "swift as a hawk" to show that she moved quickly to her son and helped him off the floor, and held him to her body.

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