Read this excerpt from the poem "Lincoln Looked.”It was time for a change. Lincolnlooked deep within himself and searchedfor the recipe for a new country madefrom so many wild and unique ingredients.

The excerpt describes a “recipe for a new country” made from many “ingredients.” This compares the country to a recipe, with its different people or qualities as ingredients. So the correct choice is “The country is compared to a recipe that has many ingredients.”

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