In this excerpt, Odysseus is compared to a Albel
whirlpool.
bat.
Read the excerpt from Part 4 of The Odyssey.
There, as the whirlpool drank the tide, a billow
tossed me, and I sprang for the great fig tree,
catching on like a bat under a bough.
Nowhere had I to stand, no way of climbing,
the root and bole being far below, and far
above my head the branches and their leaves,
massed, overshadowing Charybdis pool.
O root.
O pool.
Save and Exit
Text
Submit
Mark this and retum

Root

Explanation:

From this excerpt, Odysseus is compared to a root because the narrator describes holding on to a "great fig tree" when the billow tossed him.

Speaking further, he also talks about being far away from the "root and bole" which is the comparison to Odyssey according to the excerpt.

He also speaks about the branches and leaves being far above his head.

I felt that I must scream or die!

Explanation: auxiliary verb is "a verb used in forming the tenses, moods, and voices of other verbs." like scream. I hoped this helped you guys, sorry if its incorrect!