"And the ship like a four horse team careering down the plain, all breaking as one with the whiplash cracking smartly, leaping w

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Inessa [10]

4 years ago

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"And the ship like a four horse team careering down the plain, all breaking as one with the whiplash cracking smartly, leaping w

ith the hoofs high to run the course in no time – " This is an example of which epic convention?

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Luden [163] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-17T17:12:12+03:00

Luden [163]4 years ago

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Answer:Epic Simile.

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Kobotan [32] · Answer 2 · 2021-12-17T19:33:24+03:00

Answer:

This is an example of the epic convention Homeric simile

Explanation:

A Homeric simile receives its name from the Greek author Homer who used this kind of device in the Greek epics the Iliad and the Odyssey, it consists in making a detailed comparison like any regular simile with a difference in length since the Homeric simile cover several lines. This excerpt makes a simile between the ship and the horses and the kind of movement they make.