Examples of SIMILE
Simile : Comparison of two different things in a
clear way.
1. And
like thunderbolt he falls. ( Tennyson )
2. Like
the dew on the mountain,
Lilt the foam on the river,
Like the bubble on the fountain,
Thou art gone, and for ever ! ( Scott )
3. Like
a cloud of fire
4. The
blue deep thou wingest. ( Shelley )
5. Sunbeam-proof,
I hang like a roof. ( Shelley )
6. Love
swells like the Solway but ebbs like its tide. ( Scott )
7. Her
beautiful hair fell about her, rippling and shining like a cascade of brown
waters. ( O. Henry )
8. The
voice in the house suddenly went mad like a chorus of frogs on a spring
evening. (Lawrence)
9. The
city now doth, like a garment, wear
The beauty of the morning. (
Wordsworth)
10.
But pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flower, its bloom is
shed. ( Burns )
11.
I could lie down like a tired child
And weep away the life of care. ( Shelley )
12.
As flies to wanton boys, are we to the
gods,
They kill us for their sport. (
Shakespeare )
13.
Love in your hearts as idly burns As
fire in antique Roman urns.
What passing bells for those who
die as cattle ? (Owen )
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