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"Sonnet 29," William Shakespeare

When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

The section in bold contains figurative language. Which line is the simile, and what does it compare?
A) "Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,/ Haply I think on thee" compares the poet with the person he is describing.
B) "Haply I think on thee, and then my state" compares the person to the state.
C) "then my state,/ Like to the lark at break of day arising" compares the poet's state to the break of day.
D) "sings hymns at heaven's gate;/ For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings" compares hymns to love.