Knights were supposed to be gallant and polite at all times, so making an an offer to a king had to be done appropriately, because a lot of things were at stake. A knight had to know where he belonged and to act appropriately.
Well, the question does not include any information about was book or poem this comes from. However, hopefully this definition will help.
A simile is when two things are being compared using like or as. For example, the warm rain was like taking a shower. In this case, the rain is being compared to a shower.
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the lives of the animals have not been improved, especially after Napoleon becomes dictatorial. In the end, they suffer.
At first when everyone works together to get the hay in, their efforts are profitable. However, after a time the animals realize that the pigs enjoy the cow's milk in their mash, and the "windfalls" such as the ripening apples are not shared, but brought to the harness room for the pigs (Ch. 3).
Then, in Chapter 4, the animals must engage in battle with the humans [the Battle of the Cowshed], and some of the sheep are killed.