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A '''simile''' is a comparison of two unlike things, typically marked by use of "like" or "as". Examples include "the snow was as thick as a blanket", or "she was as smart as a crow". |
A '''simile''' is a comparison of two unlike things, typically marked by use of "like" or "as". Examples include "the snow was as thick as a blanket", or "she was as smart as a crow". |
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== Usage of a Simile== |
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Similes are widely used in literature,both modern and ancient.For example,William Shakespeare uses similes in his every play.Various similes are found in ,for example,Julius Caesar, one of Shakespeare's most famous plays.Lines such as 'Ay,as Aeneas, our great ancestor/Did from the flames of Troy,upon his shoulder/the old Anchises bear...' are frequently found.Thus, similes in Shakespearean text are frequently made using historical references. |
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Similes are also widely used in modern literature.However,unlike the slightly scholarly usage of references as in ancient texts,they tend to be more spontaneous and expressive.Day to day language also incorporates similes,such as 'He's as sly as a fox'. |
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== Simile vs Metaphor == |
== Simile vs Metaphor == |
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A simile is a comparison of two unlike things, typically marked by use of "like" or "as". Examples include "the snow was as thick as a blanket", or "she was as smart as a crow".
Usage of a Simile
Similes are widely used in literature,both modern and ancient.For example,William Shakespeare uses similes in his every play.Various similes are found in ,for example,Julius Caesar, one of Shakespeare's most famous plays.Lines such as 'Ay,as Aeneas, our great ancestor/Did from the flames of Troy,upon his shoulder/the old Anchises bear...' are frequently found.Thus, similes in Shakespearean text are frequently made using historical references. Similes are also widely used in modern literature.However,unlike the slightly scholarly usage of references as in ancient texts,they tend to be more spontaneous and expressive.Day to day language also incorporates similes,such as 'He's as sly as a fox'.
Simile vs Metaphor
Usually similes are marked by use of the words "like" or "as". However, "The snow blanketed the earth" is also a simile and not a metaphor because the verb "blanketed" is a shortened form of the phrase "covered like a blanket". Metaphors differ from similes in that the two objects are not compared, but treated as identical: The phrase "The snow was a blanket over the earth" is a metaphor. Some would argue that a simile is actually a specific type of metaphor.[1]
See also
References
- ^ See Joseph Kelly's The Seagull Reader (2005), pages 377-379