<span>"I just don't know what comes over me. I don't think I can do this."</span>
Denotation<span> is the first level of analysis: What the audience can visually see on a page. Denotation often refers to something literal, and avoids being a metaphor. Here it is usually coupled with </span>connotation<span>, which is the second level of analysis, being what the denotation represents.</span>
Answer: how hot the spear actually is An epic simile, or Homeric simile, is a rhetorical figure that compares, in a relatively lengthy manner, a strange or unfamiliar occurrence with a familiar event or thing. It is usually presented during moments of turmoil and it helps the reader reflect calmly on the scene being depicted.
In the excerpt above, the comparison is made between the blinding of the Cyclops with a hot spike, and how an iron spear is made by first making it hot and they quickly cooling it in order to mold it properly, just like the hot spear used by Odysseus cooled off as it entered the Cyclops eye.
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