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.
B - too specific for the purpose
While that would be a good topic sentence, it is far too specific for the thesis of an entire essay
The theme that is most clearly developed by ideas and feelings from this untitled poem is <em>c. Losing a loved one empties the world.</em>
- In the poem, the speaker indicates that she can no longer clasp the hand that used to hug her dearly because the person (the man) is no more. She remembers with nostalgia and a deep sense of loss the demise of her beloved. She is surely missing him.
- To start a new relationship may not be easy even though she is required to do so because <em>"the noise of life begins again." </em> It seems that emptiness has enveloped her life and time. She feels totally desolate and without consolation over this irreplaceable loss.
Thus, the theme that is most clearly developed in the poem is not the lasting of friendships, staying true to one's roots, or the sameness of life. The correct theme or central idea is C.
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