What is symbolism? a comparison that says one thing is another. an object that simultaneously represents itself and something else. a metaphorical comparison that is extended for several lines. a comparison using the words like or as.

An object that simultaneously represents itself and something else.

Explanation:

Symbolism is a noun that means a system of symbols or form of expression that uses symbols to indicate facts and ideas.  It can also be conceptualized as a system of symbols that allows us to represent a concept, a belief or an event, shown through something that represents itself and the other thing. This system works based on the association of ideas that promote the symbols and the networks of these that arise.

question:

it's when i'm weary of considerations, and life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open

answer to question #1: the simile that occurs in the text given (lines 43-47) is: ''life is too much like a pathless ''

explanation: a simile is a comparison of one thing with another thing and it is used to make a vivid description. it uses like or as. in the text, we can understand that the person is feeling weary of considerations and because of this, the person compares ''life'' to ''a pathless wood''.

answer to question #2: in this text we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations and compares life to a pathless wood.

explanation: the word frost means coldness and something covered by ice crystals but looking at the comparison made in this text, we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations therefore he/she compares life to a pathless wood.

your awnser would be b.