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The Odyssey: Central Ideas and Character Motivation, Part 2

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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.

What two things are being compared in this epic simile?

Then,

Abel

his chores being all dispatched, he caught

another brace of men to make his breakfast,

and whisked away his great door slab

to let his sheep go through--but he, behind,

reset the stone as one would cap a quiver.

the door slab to the Cyclops' sheep

the stone to a quiver

a brace of men to breakfast

the Cyclops' chores to the men

Answer 1

the stone to a quiver

Step-by-step explanation:

The simile is a figure of speech that allows the comparison between two similar things or that establish a strong relationship with each other, in some way. In other words, we can say that the simile uses different objects that have similarities in some element and establishes a comparison between the two, evidencing an idea within the text.

In the text shown in the question above, the simile can be perceived by comparing "stone" and "quiver".