Test: GRE Subject Test: Literature in English

A Late Walk

1          When I go up through the mowing field,
2          The headless aftermath,
3          Smooth-laid like thatch with the heavy dew,
4          Half closes the garden path.

5          And when I come to the garden ground,
6          The whir of sober birds
7          Up from the tangle of withered weeds
8          Is sadder than any words

9          A tree beside the wall stands bare,
10        But a leaf that lingered brown,
11        Disturbed, I doubt not, by my thought,
12        Comes softly rattling down.

13        I end not far from my going forth
14        By picking the faded blue
15        Of the last remaining aster flower
16        To carry again to you.

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Which of the following is a simile?

"the tangle of withered weeds" (line 7)

"The headless aftermath," (line 2)

"the wall stands bare," (line 9)

"Smooth-laid like thatch" (line 3)

"sadder than any words" (line 8)

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