Question

Read this passage:

I will plough the land,

Turning up the black soil.

I will ride upon this heaving surface

As a boat rides upon the water.

Even as a boat

Cleaving the water with an eager keel,

I have run a furrow

Straight across the ridges.



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Question 8 options:

explain how a boat would look out of the water.


compare a farmer walking to a plow moving soil.


show how the plow going through dirt is like a boat going through water.


explain how hard it is to plow a field.

Answer 1

c or the 3rd answer option

Explanation: he mentioned the sea but never mentioned if it was hard to plow and never said anything about being an a boat. he just imagined that this plow is like a boat in the sea.