Reread lines 138-140. Explain the simile in these lines. What comparison is made? What does it say about love? The story is Loves Vocabulary by Diane Ackerman

Answer and Explanation:

1. The simile compares love being pierced in the chest with. birth of a child. This is because, just like the birth of a child, love arrives unexpectedly, it causes pain and happiness at the same time and presents itself as a new experience, which will be developed little by little and in the mold that the couple determines.

2. It says that love is something very deep, unexpected, challenging, but pleasurable, that makes people strive to be something good in the future, something that will bring pride and happiness to the two people responsible for it.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.

a) madame podtochina used witchcraft to make it disappear.