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.

In this excerpt, Odysseus is compared to a

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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.

In this excerpt, Odysseus is compared to a

Vocaloid · Answer

hint: look at the phrase "catching on like a bat under a bough"

kittybasil · Answer

Oh, I know this! It's when he's on his way from Calypso's island and he runs into Charybdis again.

As @Vocaloid said, refer to

line 3 wrote:

catching on like a bat under a bough

This is a simile, using the words "like" or "as" to compare two things. Which two objects are being compared in this phrase?

kittybasil · Answer

Also, please post in the appropriate forums! This is the Math forums. Try the English forums instead! ☺