shakeshia
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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