Read the poem “the eagle: a fragment” by alfred lord tennyson and answer the question that follows.

he clasps the crag with crooked hands;
close to the sun in lonely lands,
ring’d with the azure world, he stands.

the wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
he watches from his mountain walls,
and like a thunderbolt he falls.

which of the following lines is an example of a simile?
a.
“and like a thunderbolt he falls.”
b.
“close to the sun in lonely lands,”
c.
“he watches from his mountain walls,”
d.
“ring’d with the azure world, he stands.”