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Shkiper50 [21]
3 years ago
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Read the following line from the Iliadby Homer. …On rushed bold Hector, gloomy as the night; What literary device is used to des

cribe Hector’s mood
English
2 answers:
motikmotik3 years ago
4 0
This is an example of a simile, a comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as." "Gloomy as the night" is the simile here, since his sadness is being compared to nighttime.
Aneli [31]3 years ago
3 0
Simile. "gloomy as the night" is comparing two things.
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