Read the passage describing achilles: "thus while he roused the fire in every breast, close and more close the listening cohorts press'd; ranks wedged in ranks; of arms a steely ring still grows, and spreads, and thickens round the king.

The extended simile in the passage is: As when a circling wall the builder forms, Of strength defensive against wind and storms, Compacted stones the thickening work compose, and round him wide the rising structure grows.

A simile is a figure of speech that compares one thing from another thing of a different kind. It adds meaning to the text because it emphasizes the:

a. Strength of the wall - which is likened to being a barrier that can be used as protection from wind and storms.

b. Size of the structure - which was built with hours of hard work and construction materials that can withstand such great forces of war.

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