Question

Toward the middle of the second paragraph, the comparison between the stars and a distant cloud of fireflies" (sentence 6) is best described as

Answer 1

Answer:

E. a lively metaphor that emphasizes the narrator’s initial delight at being able to see stars in the city

Explanation:

"Wonderful stars, a distant cloud of fireflies: but I felt in my body what my eyes could not grasp, which was that their true nature was the persisting visual echo of something that was already in the past."