<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>
The poet compared imagination to a soaring bird because imagination is limitless, it can do anything and go anywhere, much like a soaring bird, who has the freedom and capabilites to do anything. Both are completely free of bounds.
B. The acceptance that the setting is believable and real.
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In the first line of the poem, the poet uses a METAPHOR!
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