References to context "like an army defeated "the snow hath retreated

The simile in the poem is Like an army defeated the snow hath retreated . It means that in winter season the whole landscape was covered with snow but with the advent if spring season with its bright sunny days , The snow has melted away .

b. and i with my fighting heart, i thought at

first / to steal up to him [the cyclops].   the cyclops’ actions first odysseus to take

action after killing his men and trapping in the cave revealed his intent of

doing them harm.   that is why odysseus

blinded him to enable him and his men to escape.