Assertion: homer | /r/CapableOf | use simile
Facets:
value: frequently
type: TEMPORAL
value: according to rambo
type: OTHER
value: in two different ways
type: MANNER
value: to introduce his characters
type: PURPOSE
value: primarily
type: DEGREE
value: to glorify them
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Scott argues that Homer primarily uses similes to introduce his characters, "sometimes to glorify them and sometimes merely to call attention to them.
text: According to Rambo, Homer uses similes in two different ways: those that stress physical motion and those that stress emotional disturbance.
text: Homer frequently uses similes, but they tend to be many lines long, like the similes at the beginning of Book III, in which Homer, at relatively great length, compares the Trojan army to wild birds taking off from a lake and the dust raised by the Achaian forces to the mist on a mountain.