Read the excerpt. Then, answer the question (s).

Helen, thy beauty is to me

Like those Nicean barks of yore,

That gently, o'er a perfumed sea,

That weary, way-worn wanderer bore

To his own native shore.

On desperate seas long wont to roam,

Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,

Thy Naiad airs have brought me home

To the beauty of fair Greece,

And the grandeur of old Rome.

--from "To Helen" by Edgar Allan Poe

Which word signals the use of a simile in the excerpt?

a. like

b. that

c. as

d. to

Question

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Courtney Sheppard

26 February, 00:42

Read the excerpt. Then, answer the question (s).

Helen, thy beauty is to me

Like those Nicean barks of yore,

That gently, o'er a perfumed sea,

That weary, way-worn wanderer bore

To his own native shore.

On desperate seas long wont to roam,

Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,

Thy Naiad airs have brought me home

To the beauty of fair Greece,

And the grandeur of old Rome.

--from "To Helen" by Edgar Allan Poe

Which word signals the use of a simile in the excerpt?

a. like

b. that

c. as

d. to

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Answers (1)

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Roselyn Dodson · Answer 1

a. like

it says Like in the second line.

Like and as are used for similes. Thats why it cant be B or D and it doesnt say as so A. Like would be the answer.