I moved to the United States when I was young, so it was easy to learn English. My parents were already here, and they knew English already.
Answer:
• Coral is far more red than her lips' red
• My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
• My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground
Explanation:
In this sonnet, the speaker tells us of how his lover is not very attractive but that he loves her more than anything that is more attractive than her.
He talks about how her lips are not very red and how they are far from coral. He says her eyes are not like the sun which means that she doesn't have beautiful eyes.
Finally in a reference to how beautiful people walk as though they float, he talks about how his lover does not have this quality but instead walks on the ground.
Answer: Do you think that Shakespeare’s plays still have value today, despite being hundreds of years old?
Explanation: I took the test. ;)
A simile will always use either the word "like" or "as" to create a comparison. It's important not to mistake the statement for a metaphor, which is a comparison that typically uses words such as "is" to connect the two topics or objects.
