Answer: The mast looks like it imprisons the moon, like the British imprison the colonists.
In this passage, the "phantom ship" is described. The text states that the mast and spar of the ship look as if they were imprisoning the moon. Therefore, the author compares this to a "prison-bar." It is possible that this is a reference to the way the British imprison the colonists.
The answer to this would be “right”
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“The youth turned his head, shaken from his trance by this movement as if the regiment was leaving him behind.”
Which statement best explains swift’s use of rhetoric in this passage
