Answer:
C. The stanza contains a simile, which compares the lighthouse to a giant who wades out into an ocean that is stormy and dangerous.
Explanation:
- The lines are from the poem, The Lighthouse by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The poem is believed to be inspired by the Portland Head Light, Maine.
- Similes and metaphors are literary devices used to highlight the similarities between two things.
- Metaphors convey an implicit comparison, without using literal language.
- Similes specifically use the words like or as to show a direct comparison. For example,
- The water well was as dry as a bone.
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When the teacher entered the class, the 6th-grade students were fighting like cats and dogs.
In the stanza, <em>"Like the great giant Christopher it stands, Upon the brink of the tempestuous wave, Wading far out among the rocks and sands, The night-o'ertaken mariner to save." </em>Longfellow directly states that the size of the lighthouse is comparable to a giant wave on a stormy sea.
