The old moon is tarnished
with smoke of the flood,
the dead leaves are varnished
with color like blood,

a treacherous smiler 5
with teeth white as milk,
a savage beguiler
in sheathings of silk,

to what does the simile "teeth white as milk" found in the second stanza of the poem most likely refer?
a) the man in the moon
b) a great white shark
c) the foam on the waves
d) the darkness of the sea

The simile "teeth white as milk" found in the second stanza of the poem most likely refers to C. the foam on the waves.
The man in the moon makes no sense, since the poem is talking about the sea. A great white shark would be a silly answer. The darkness of the sea is also incorrect because that can't be white if it's dark. So, the foam on the waves, which is white, by the way, is the correct answer.

The correct answer is b