In simile, the first term sits in the comfy chair. Big difference. …we gaze out over the timbered ridges … down to the black triangle of the bottom dam lying deep and close in the view like a ...

They are the keys to the poetic kingdom. But don't be misled by that concept. Poets do not choose their metaphors like designer clothes off the rack. They are custom made to fit each individual poem.

A simile describes something by comparing it to something else, using like or as. A simile is a useful way to describe something without using a long list of adjectives. It can create a vivid ...

We use them so much in everyday language that we often don’t notice them, but metaphors help us think more deeply – and make sense of the world around us, writes Hélène Schumacher.

Mike Kerrigan: The simile, like a bike pump to a deflated tire, animates mere words. I offer some here for your enjoyment.

Like a simile for redemption In Joseph Kaufman’s Woodstock-era novel, four friends try to shake off the baggage of their youthful indiscretions. By ABIGAIL KLEIN FEBRUARY 19, 2010 17:31 ...

The index does not represent-through-resemblance like the icon (e.g., a chair on stage representing a chair in Lear's palace); rather, it indicates (in a pointing kind of way) and often suggests a ...