Simile

Entertainment / Literature / Simile: An analogy or comparison implied by using an adverb such as like or as, in contrast with a metaphor which figuratively makes the comparison by stating outright that one thing is another thing. This figure of speech is of great antiquity. It is common in both prose and verse works. A poetic example comes from John Milton's Paradise Lost: Anon out of the earth a Fabrick huge Rose like an Exhalation, with the sound Of Dulcet Symphony and voices sweet. (I. 710-12) Even more famously, Robert Burns states: O, my luve is like a red, red rose That's newly sprung in June: O, my luve is like the melodie That's sweetly played in tune.
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Epic Simile

Entertainment / Literature / Epic Simile: A formal and sustained simile (see under tropes). Like a regular simile, an epic simile makes a comparison between one object and another using 'like' or 'as.' However, unlike a regular simile, which MORE

Epitaph

Entertainment / Literature / Epitaph: Not to be confused with epithet or epigram, an epitaph refers literally to an inscription carved on a gravestone, aka, cenotaph. In a more general sense, an epitaph is the final statement spoken by a MORE

Imagery

Entertainment / Literature / Imagery: A common term of variable meaning, imagery includes the 'mental pictures' that readers experience with a passage of literature. It signifies all the sensory perceptions referred to in a poem, whether MORE