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harina [27]
2 years ago
15

The use of the epic simile in this excerpt helps the reader understand

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1 answer:
lina2011 [118]2 years ago
8 0
Is this the excerpt you are referring to?

<span>In a smithy

one sees a white-hot axehead or an adze 
plunged and wrung in a cold tub, screeching steam- 
the way they make soft iron hale and hard—: 
just so that eyeball hissed around the spike.
</span>
If so, the use of the epic simile in this excerpt helps the reader understand how hot the spear actually is. 
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