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Read the following line from the Iliadby Homer. …On rushed bold Hector, gloomy as the night; What literary device is used to describe Hector’s mood
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Read the following line from the Iliadby Homer. …On rushed bold Hector, gloomy as the night; What literary device is used to describe Hector’s mood

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simile. "gloomy as the night" is comparing two things.
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This is an example of a simile, a comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as." "Gloomy as the night" is the simile here, since his sadness is being compared to nighttime.
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