Question

A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things using the words like or as. "Note" one example of a simile in the poem. Then, in one sentence, explain what two things are being compared.
Poem:

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Answer 1

Answer: "From the benches, black with people, there went up a muffled roar, Like the beating of the storm-waves on a stern distant shore"

In these lines, Thayer compares the crowd's cheering to the sound of a rumbling storm at sea.

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