& compare A [with B] (compare 1 thing together with sb) I think, for the question setter, they thought it is the latter pattern that should explain the question.
Hello everyone The dictionary definitions suggest that the three verbs 'liken', 'compare' and 'analogize' mean the same when we want to say that someone or something is similar to someone or something else in some aspects. Liken: to say that someone is similar to or has the same qualities as...
"as any she belied with false compare" = "as any woman people lie about by making false comparisons" In Shakespeare, 'she' is sometimes used to mean "a woman". (For example, in Twelfth Night, there's a line about someone being "the cruelest she alive".) He's saying that his mistress is as rare as those other women people write untruthful poems about (where they say their mistresses eyes are ...
If you have "found out that between is not used after compare ", you have answered your own question. You can compare many things, so you can compare the shifts in style. Perhaps you are wondering whether you can make a comparison between more than two things. You can, but I would personally prefer to use of, i.e. a comparison of the deliberate shifts in style etc.
In Northern Italy, "comare" and "compare" are not the godmother and the godfather (we use "madrina" and "padrino") but the best woman and the best man at a wedding. Last September I was best woman at my best friend's wedding, and at the party I was known by everyone as "la comare". La mia comare/il mio compare-> the best woman and the best man at my wedding (this is often a bond that lasts for ...