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.”