Question

which lines from the passage use the extended metaphor about the sea most strongly to support the theme that love gives people a sense of renewal? 3 of 6 questions if love is a sea washing over you it is equal parts drowning and delight. the breath eclipsed by azure chop that twists into your mouth and lungs making speech impossible, leaking toward your heart which quickens in anticipation of a challenge to its realm. but, too, love is that warm embrace of water washing off your history, that gentle hum when ears slip underneath the surface, back to the nothingness before, back to the dark and quiet place where everything was waiting to be born.

Explanation:

To determine the lines using the extended metaphor of the sea to support love giving renewal, we analyze each option:

• "It is equal parts drowning and delight" focuses on the dual nature of love as the sea, not renewal.
• "toward your heart which quickens" shows excitement, not renewal.
• "washing off your history" and "slip underneath the surface... back to the nothingness before... where everything was waiting to be born" connect the sea (love) to erasing past (washing off history) and returning to a state of potential (before birth), strongly implying renewal. These lines use the sea metaphor to show love's renewing power by resetting to a state of new beginnings.

Answer:

But, too, love is that warm embrace of water washing off your history, that gentle hum when ears slip underneath the surface, back to the nothingness before, back to the dark and quiet place where everything was waiting to be born.