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Simile/Metaphor as Stylistic Devices Practice Test

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Instar montis equum divina Palladis arte

aedificant, sectaque intexunt abiete costas;

votum pro reditu simulant; ea fama vagatur.

(Vergil, Aeneid 2.15-17)

Glosses:

instar (+ gen.): like, in the manner of

abies, abietis, f.: fir wood

costa, -ae, f.: rib

In line 15, Vergil uses the metaphor 'Instar montis equum' (a horse like a mountain). What is the main effect of this comparison?

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