Read these lines from the poem "Facing It" by Yusef Komunyakaa:
My clouded reflection eyes me
like a bird of prey, the profile of night
slanted against morning. I turn
this way—the stone lets me go.
I turn this way—I'm inside
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
again, depending on the light
to make a difference.
Which best describes one effect of the poet's use of simile in this excerpt?
AIt links two different things that prey on innocent lives: a bad memory and an undeclared war.
BIt depicts the Vietnam War as a stone that heavily weighs on the speaker's conscience.
CIt gives a bird of prey the qualities of a soldier who goes to war to defend his country.
DIt compares the speaker's reflection to a predatory bird that haunts the speaker.
My clouded reflection eyes me
like a bird of prey, the profile of night
slanted against morning. I turn
this way—the stone lets me go.
I turn this way—I'm inside
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
again, depending on the light
to make a difference.
Which best describes one effect of the poet's use of simile in this excerpt?
AIt links two different things that prey on innocent lives: a bad memory and an undeclared war.
BIt depicts the Vietnam War as a stone that heavily weighs on the speaker's conscience.
CIt gives a bird of prey the qualities of a soldier who goes to war to defend his country.
DIt compares the speaker's reflection to a predatory bird that haunts the speaker.
