Question

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Read the passage describing the Greek and Trojan armies:

Sudden as hungry wolves the kids purloin
Or lambs, which haply some unheeding swain
Hath left to roam at large the mountains wild;
They, seeing, snatch them from beside the dams,
And rend incontinent the feeble prey,
So swift the Danaï the host assail'd
Of Ilium; they, into tumultuous flight
Together driven, all hope, all courage lost.

Identify the extended simile in this passage. How does it add meaning to the text? Support your response using evidence from the text.

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What I think it is:

I'm pretty sure it's about goats on land. They roam freely with nothing stopping them and then they hear a cry from a goat by the dam. They see it being eaten by a wolf. After that they all strat getting eaten and then all hope is lost. What i'm having trouble with is who are the goats (Greeks or Trojans) and who are the wolfs and why?

Answer 1

I belive the answer is:

 Sudden as hungry wolves the kids purloin
Or lambs, which haply some unheeding swain
Hath left to roam at large the mountains wild 

This is because a simile uses the words like or as.

Hope this helps

Answer 2

The extended simile in this passage is, Sudden as hungry wolves the kids purloin, Or lambs, which haply some unheeding swain, Hath left to roam at large the mountains wild. It adds to the meaning of the text is by increasing the length of the lines and expressing the feeling of the author.

What is simile?

Simile referred to a phrase that is used to compare something from another thing.

Because simile is used to compare something from another and here the wolves are compared with kids purloin and lambs with unheeding swain. The way it adds to the meaning of the text is by extending the lines and expressing the feeling of the author. Thus the extended simile in this passage is, Sudden as hungry wolves the kids purloin, Or lambs, which haply some unheeding swain, Hath left to roam at large the mountains wild. It adds to the meaning of the text by increase the length of the lines and expressing the feeling of the author.

Hence the correct answers is, The extended simile in this passage is, Sudden as hungry wolves the kids purloin, Or lambs, which haply some unheeding swain, Hath left to roam at large the mountains wild. It adds to the meaning of the text is by increase the length of the lines and expressing the feeling of the author.

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