Full fathom five thy father lies;

Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2.

what is the best paraphrase of the line "full fathom five thy father lies"?

A. Your father is five fathoms tall.
B. Your father has lied about his height.••
C. Your father has lies five fathoms under the sea.
D. Your father has been diving to a depth of five fathoms.

Correct me if I'm wrong

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You are very wrong. Look up the word "fathom".

fath·om.

[ˈfaT͟Həm]

NOUN

1.a unit of length equal to six feet (approximately 1.8 m), chiefly used in reference to the depth of water:
"sonar says that we're in eighteen fathoms"

I advise that you read the entire poem, not just the line in question.

So it's C??

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