Read the excerpt from "morte d'arthur” by alfred, lord tennyson. so like a shatter’d column lay the king; not like that arthur who, with lance in rest, from spur to plume a star of tournament, shot thro’ the lists at camelot, and charged before the eyes of ladies and of kings. the simile in the first line convey to the reader the identities of the kings and ladies. the current state of the king. the appearance of the building. the purpose of the tournament.