Question

Read these lines from the poem "Facing It" by Yusef Komunyakaa:

My clouded reflection eyes melike a bird of prey, the profile of nightslanted against morning. I turnthis way—the stone lets me go.I turn this way—I'm insidethe Vietnam Veterans Memorial again, depending on the lightto make a difference.

Which best describes one effect of the poet's use of simile in this excerpt?
A.It links two different things that prey on innocent lives: a bad memory and an undeclared war.
B.It depicts the Vietnam War as a stone that heavily weighs on the speaker's conscience.
C.It gives a bird of prey the qualities of a soldier who goes to war to defend his country.
D.It compares the speaker's reflection to a predatory bird that haunts the speaker.

Answer 1

Answer: D.It compares the speaker's reflection to a predatory bird that haunts the speaker.

Step-by-step explanation: a simile is a figure of speech that consists in making a comparison between elements that aren't obviously related, this comparison is made by using the words "like" or "as." In the given lines from the poem "Facing It" by Yusef Komunyakaa, we can see a clear example of a simile, specifically in the line "My clouded reflection eyes me like a bird of prey" and it compares the speaker's reflection to a predatory bird that haunts the speaker.

Answer 2

Answer: D.It compares the speaker's reflection to a predatory bird that haunts the speaker.

The speaker states: "My clouded reflection eyes me like a bird of prey." In this sentence, the speaker is saying that his own reflection is similar to a bird of prey by using a simile. The comparison is intended to explain how the reflection follows the speaker, in the same way in which a predatory bird follows its prey.