Read the poem "The Wind’s Visit" by Emily Dickinson.The wind tapped like a tired man,And like a host, "Come in,"I boldly answered; entered thenMy residence within A rapid, footless guest,To offer whom a chairWere as impossible as handA sofa to the air. No bone had he to bind him,His speech was like the pushOf numerous humming-birds at onceFrom a superior bush.His countenance a billow,His fingers, if he pass,Let go a music, as of tunesBlown tremulous in glass. He visited, still flitting;Then, like a timid man,Again he tapped—'t was flurriedly—And I became alone.Dickinson uses a simile in the first stanza of this poem to
Answer
A
describe the doorway of the house.
B
give the wind humanlike characteristics.
C
emphasize the destructive power of the wind.
D
describe the speaker of the poem.
Explanation
The poem says, “The wind tapped like a tired man,” comparing the wind’s tapping to a person’s action. This simile gives the wind humanlike characteristics, as does the next line, where it is described like a host inviting someone inside. The comparison does not describe the doorway or the speaker, and it does not emphasize destruction.
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