Hello. You didn't attach the poem or even say the title of the poem, which makes it impossible for me to answer your question accurately, but I will help you as much as I can by showing you how to find your answer.
The simile makes comparisons between elements that have different contexts, but that has a characteristic between both that can be related creating a new meaning and concept between one of these elements. In other words, the simile aims to show a concept shared between two different elements. This type of comparison, within a poem, can create a message pattern, where the entire poem is aimed at maintaining the tone that the simile projected during the comparison.
An example of this can be seen in the phrase "My heart fell in life like a star wounded by a hunter's arrow," where the hunter's heart and arrow are different elements, but promote the feeling of pain and sadness when compared.
"Without sea ice, arctic plants and animals must either adapt or migrate. If they can’t, they will go extinct."
"If that isn’t enough, people who live in coastal communities within the Arctic Circle are also battling erosion along their coastlines."
"(These communities must relocate inland or their homes and land could be washed out to sea.)"
"(For ice in the Arctic, it’s a race against time. If humans do not change what we are doing to the global climate, the ice will continue to disappear and life as we know it will be altered.)"
Answer: C) While Cassius and others have noticed a difference in Brutus, Brutus explains that his actions are not because of anything they have done. It is only because Brutus is struggling with himself and has let it unfairly impact how he treats others.
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