Simile

kdnxdr · Jun 17, 2012

Thank you, Kie! :e2kissy:

Simile: an explicit comparison or analogy based on concrete elements of similarity (makes use of ‘like’ or ‘as’): "Her kisses are as soft as cushions."; “She smells like roses”.

kdnxdr · Jun 17, 2012

touching, a tender voyage
as delicate as death,
leads me to another world
where I find you

Flowerfairy · Jun 18, 2012

danger, like a snake
curled up in the pot of
a snake charmer,
waits for her.

kborsden · Jun 18, 2012

What awaits her?
The light, patient like sun through raindrops,
or the dark—like the cloud that goes before?
Perhaps it is neither (nothing like the void)
but everything as calm as nothingness...

Blarg · Jun 19, 2012

To steal (and paraphrase) from Ted Kooser's example in his book (The Poetry Writer's Toolkit, I think) of a war veteran describing maggots on a soldier's eviscerated intestines, "the maggots rose like foam."

They weren't foam. The "like" describes a process of imagination rather than the end result, which would be rather glib and a little too easy. And I think is more colorful and terrifying for it.

kdnxdr · Jun 19, 2012

I wonder as a butterfly
anylizing each yellow clump
hopeful to find my lunch

kdnxdr · Jun 20, 2012

"This is actually a metaphor because the 'as' here is not comparative. In this phrase you are a butterfly not like one..." Kie

Kie, thank you for the correction. It's been, literally, a million years since I've gone over this stuff and though it is so simple, it's fundamental to everything else. It's good to have these kinds of reviews.

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Simile

kdnxdr

One of the most important people in the world

kdnxdr

One of the most important people in the world

Flowerfairy

Lady Entropia

kborsden

Has a few recurring issues

Blarg

kdnxdr

One of the most important people in the world

kdnxdr

One of the most important people in the world