1. which one of the following statements contains a simile? a. the maple wears a gayer scarf. b. the soaring bird quickly disappeared from our sight. c. i think that i shall never see a poem lovely as a tree. d. the woods went up in flame.

The answer is C.) I think I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree. A similie is comparison of two objects. The comparison in this statement is: a poem lovely AS a tree. A similie usually has either the word AS or LIKE.

Simile is a figure of speech that involves the comparison of one thing or the subject to another form of a different kind and its also used to make the explanation of the subject more emphatic or vivid. So the answer to your question is letter (C.) "I think that i shall never see a poem lovely as a tree". The statement compares the poem into a tree.

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