…of fish.” This phrase has been used as a simile as the word “like” shows. Example #3: “A different kettle of fish or a different fish of kettle; he is…
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A Penny for Your Thoughts
…your thoughts is necessary like fresh air is for health.” This phrase has been used as a simile as the use of the word ‘like’ shows. Example #3: “She is…
A Friend in Need
…This phrase has been used as a simile in this sentence as the word “like” shows. Here the friend a person has been compared to a tool. Example #2: “He…
A Lick and a Promise
…used as a simile as the start has been compared to the phrase a lick and a promise or doing things in a hurry. Example #3: “A lick and a…
A La Mode
…types of ancient fashions in a way that they blend with modern trends.” Here the phrase a la mode has been used as a simile as the word ‘like’ shows…
A Bird in the Hand
…used as a simile which is compared to the job opportunity. Example #5: “A-bird-in-the-hand mentality always saves a person from further problems. It is because such a person does not…
The Chimney Sweeper
…/l/ and /p/ in “Could scarcely cry ” ‘weep! ‘weep! ‘weep! ‘weep!” and the sound of /r/ in “So if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.” Simile:…
In the Bleak Midwinter
…used personification in second and third stanzas, “heaven and earth shall flee away” and “The ox and as and camel which adore.” Simile: It is a figure of speech used…
A Bed of Roses
…is almost always used in this sense when it is associated with life and when someone becomes overconfident. Example #2: It can be used as a simile. For example, “For…
Mary Had a Little Lamb
…“But still it lingered near”. Simile: It is a figure of speech used to compare an object or a person with something else to make the meanings clear. For example,…
Daddy
…“Daddy” Literary devices are tools that the writers use to compare and explain the deeper significance of the poem. Sylvia Plath has also used similes, metaphors, images and sound devices…
Dover Beach
…“sea of faith” symbolizes faith in god and Tide leaving the shore” is the symbol of lost faith. Simile: It is a figure of speech used to compare something with…
Thanatopsis
…Simile: It is a figure of speech used to compare something with something else to make the readers understand what it is. For example, “The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as…
All Hallows’ Eve
…are different from the literal meanings. The poem uses symbols like sadness, torture, domestic violence, and forbearance. Simile: It is a device Used to compare something with something else to…
Let America Be America Again
…today” (line 61) shows the dream as a personification. Simile: It is a comparison of two things using “like” or “as.” The example of “Like the faint, exquisite music of…
I Know My Soul
…such as; “A twitching body quivering in space”, “I need not gloom my days with futile dread” and “A spark of passion shining on my face.” Simile: It is a…
Immigrants at Central Station 1951
…device at various places in the poem such as “The air was crowded” and “Time waited anxiously with us.” Simile: It is used to compare something with something else to…
I Sing the Body Electric
…in life. Simile: It means a comparison between two things using “like” or “as.” Whitman uses similes in lines such as “And if those who defile the living are as…
Bread
…The poem shows the use of symbols of knife, oven, shop, and farmer to point out poverty. Simile: The poem shows the use of similes such as “settling into its…
Burning the Old Year
…what comfort they bring to us. Simile: It is a device Used to compare something with something else to make the meanings clear to the readers. Naomi used this device…
