Which of the following meanings of the vocabulary word broached is used in the following excerpt from orpheus and eurydice? in vain, orpheus tried to follow his bride. but this time the underworld was firmly closed to him. no other mortal had broached it once and he certainly wasn’t going to get a second chance.

the answer is emerged from.

orpheus descended to hades, the world of the death to rescue eurydice. no mortal had ever done this before him, he survived because he was protected by the gods. the word "underworld" gives us a clue, he emerged from it like a whale emerges form sea for exemple.

there is no sentence to look at.

(you didn't attach a copy of the poem, but i'm answering as best as i can)

since a simile compares two unlike things using like or as, it kind of gives an item the ability to do something it can't.

example: "the player was like a tiger on the field"

in this sentence, the simile conveys the idea that the player was fast and strong, like a tiger.