The passage describes Ethan Rome's feelings for Mattle Silver a young cousin of his wife's who has come to live in the Prome household Mattie Silver had lived under his roof for a year, and from early morning till they met at supper he had frequent chances of seeing her but
no moments in her company were comparable to those when her arm in his and her light step flying to keep time with his long stride they walked
back through the night to the farm. He had taken to the girl from the first day when he had driven over to the Flats to meet her, and she had smiec
and waved to him from the train crying out "You must be Ethant as she jumped down with her bundles, while he reflected looking over her sent
person: "She don't look much on housework but she ain't a fretter, anyhow. But it was not only that the coming to his house of a bit of hoper
young life was like the lighting of a fire on a cold hearth. The girl was more than the bright serviceable creature he had thought her. She had an eve
to see and an ear to hear he could show her things and tell her things and taste the bliss of feeling that all he imparted left long reverberations and
echoes he could wake at will.
(hom than one by dith Wharton
What does the underlined simile in the passage help the reader understand?
1. Ethan appreciates Nattie's work tending the fire in his kitchen
02 Mattie is very young and relies on Ethan for advice and comfort
Mattie's presence has brought warmth and cheer to a gloomy household
Ethan's concerns about Matties ability to do housework were unfounded

Chicago by carl sandburg hog butcher for the world, tool maker, stacker of wheat, player with railroads and the nation's freight handler; stormy, husky, brawling, city of the big shoulders: they tell me you are wicked and i believe them, for i have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys. and they tell me you are crooked and i yes, it is true i have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again. and they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: on the faces of women and children i have seen the marks of wanton hunger. and having answered so i turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and i give them back the sneer and say to them: come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning. flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities; fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness, bareheaded, shoveling, wrecking, planning, building, breaking, rebuilding, under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth, under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young man laughs, laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has never lost a battle, bragging and laughing that under his wrist is the pulse. and under his ribs the heart of the people, laughing! laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of youth, half-naked, sweating, proud to be hog butcher, tool maker, stacker of wheat, player with railroads and freight handler to the nation. which type of figurative language does the poet use most often in "chicago"? a. rhyme b. simile c. metaphor d. personification

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"if we never experience the chill of a dark winter, it is very unlikely that we will ever cherish the warmth of a bright summer’s day. nothing stimulates our appetite for the simple joys of life more than the starvation caused by sadness or desperation. in order to complete our amazing life journey successfully, it is vital that we turn each and every dark tear into a pearl of wisdom, and find the blessing in every curse." anthon st. maarten, divine living: the essential guide to your true destiny. what does this quote mean to you? this isn't for anything in particular, i just wanted to know. : )