Simile

Examples Help! What is the definition of Simile?

How do you define Simile? What is a Simile? The definition of Simile is as follows:

 

English Grammar & Terminology Definition of Simile - a poetic device

Definition: a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds usually formed with `like' or `as'

Examples: “Love is like a fire” - "O my love is like a red, red rose"

Definition of Simile - a poetic device

Figure of Speech Examples

Examples of Simile in Poems & Poetry

Poems with Simile examples can be found by the most famous poets including Eliot and Burns

  • The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by TS Eliot
  • O my love is like a red, red rose by Robert Burns
  • Idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • As good as gold by Charles Dickens

Examples of Simile Poems

Examples Help! Use of Simile in Poems & Poetry

Examples of Simile can be found in many examples of the poem, poems or poetry. Famous poets use this figure of speech to convey and emphasize unusual and vivid images. The use of strong word association changes the mode of thought and adds variation, embellishment and adornment to literary works.

Examples Help - Figures of Speech - Simile

In Figurative Language we use words in such a way that they differ somewhat from ordinary every-day speech and convey meanings in a more vivid and impressive manner. Figures, like Simile make speech more effective, they beautify and emphasize it in Rhetoric which is the art of speaking and writing effectively. Figures of speech such as Simile use word association to convey emotion and mood often in a non-literal sense.

Examples Help! Using Simile

Figures of speech such as Simile adds adornment, beautifies, colors, elegant variation, embellishment, embroidery, emphasis, exaggeration, exclamation, flourish, floweriness, irony, lushness and luxuriance to the English language. This page providing facts and info about Figures of Speech will help with the understanding of this subject.

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Simile

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