If a poet writes, "the soil / is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod", the best paraphrasing is a. the earth is worn bare from man's use. b. dirt doesn't feel good to walk on. c. feet that wear shoes often hurt. d. the soil is ruined by people planting. student bincorrect penn foster

a simile is first defined as a type of speech that uses one thing or phrase with comparisons to things of an unrelated kind, often in order to make a more vivacious description. so of the phrases above, only the last one (i swear she cast a shadow white as stone) would be considered a simile, as a shadow white as stone takes two unrelated things and uses them in an interesting way.

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there is no short story here so that i can answer the question.