Answer:
<u>The question is incomplete, but the user is probably referring to the question about fear where the character from Poe's fiction is mentioned.</u>
Explanation:
There is a similarity between the ship and the coffin.
During his sleep in the berth, he felt like he was lying in the coffin.
Furthermore, berths are often in the lower part of the ship which can give a certain feeling of being underwater which the character probably sees as same as being under the ground.
Answer:
Simile
Explanation:
Comparing one thing too a completely different thing
My first guess would be that it is an independent clause. This is just a single statement.
Odysseus had to rescue his men from the lotus eaters because his men had lost all will of continuing on their journey home.