<span>Then rushing sudden on his prostrate prize, To spoil the carcase fierce Patroclus flies: Swift as a lion, terrible and bold, That sweeps the field, depopulates the fold
This passage is comparing Patroclus to a lion who is fast, brave, and able to kill every enemy in sight. </span>
an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play
