Epic Simile
The quote uses a simile, comparing the strips of skin torn from the character's hands to pebbles stuck in the suckers of an octopus dragged from its lair. This simile creates a vivid image by likening the two situations, emphasizing the pain and struggle the character is experiencing.
"Like pebbles stuck in the suckers of some octopus dragged from its lair - so strips of skin torn / from his clawing hands stuck to the rock …" (Fagles, p. 166, lines 476-478)
"Like pebbles stuck in the suckers of some octopus dragged from its lair - so strips of skin torn." (Fagles, p. 165, lines 476-477)
The rocks and pebbles embedded in the ice. When these rocks and pebbles are on the bottom surface of the glacier they are dragged over the surface of the ground, cutting into it (whether it is soil or hard bedrock) cutting grooves in and polishing that surface. Much like the grit glued to sandpaper does to a surface it is rubbed against.
Pebbles - Pebbles album - was created in 1986.
Their daughter's name is Pebbles Flintstone .
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Pebbles. Fred and Wilma were originally supposed to be parents to a son named “Fred Flintstone Junior.” This later changed to a daughter, “Wilma Flintstone Junior”, and finally to their daughter being named Pebbles. Her name comes from Wilma’s maiden name of Pebble.
An epic simile is an extended comparison between two unlike things, often using elaborate and descriptive language. It is a literary device commonly found in epic poems to create vivid imagery and enhance the reader's understanding or appreciation of a scene or character.
Pebbles is the correct spelling.
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