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The Sea of Faith
Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore
Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.
- Matthew Arnold, "Dover Beach"
What is Arnold comparing to the sea in this excerpt from "Dover Beach"?

OA. A circle
OB. A girdle
OC. The earth
OD. The shore
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Sagot :

According to the given excerpt, the thing which is being compared is B. A girdle

What is a Simile?

This refers to the figure of speech used to compare two dissimilar things with the use of like or as.

Hence, we can see that from the given description, the thing that was being compared was the girdle as he talked about the seas being round and full and then used a simile to compare it to a girdle.

Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

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