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Chenderson at 20:52, 23 February 2006

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	~~A simile is~~ a ~~figure~~ of ~~speech the compares~~ two unlike ~~things~~, ~~usually shown by using~~ the words "~~Like~~" and/or "As".		Is a comparison of two unlike objects. For a comparison to be considered a simile, the words "like" and/or "as" must be used. "If the speaker omits 'like', or 'as', then it is a metphor"(Beckson 76).

	~~'''Similes~~ in ~~Poetry'''~~		Another type of simile that not many people are familiar with is the epic Simile. An epic simile is "an extended comparison wherein a subject is compared to something that is presented at such length or in such detail that the subject is momentarily lost sight of"(Barnet 44). In "Paradise Lost", the author compares Satan walking into the garden of Eden to a vulture.

	~~Similes~~ are ~~used by Poets to compare things all~~ of the ~~time~~. ~~For example:~~		"Here walk'd the fiend at large in spacious field.
			As when a vulture on Imaus bred,
			whose snowy ridge the roving Tartar bounds,
			Dislodgingfrom a Region scarce of prey
			To gorge the flesh of lambs or yeanling Kids
			On Hills where Flocks are fed, flies toward the springs
			Of Ganges or Hydaspes, Indian streams;
			But in his way lights on the barren Plains
			Of sericana, where Chineses drive
			With Sails and Wind their cany Waggons light:
			So on this windy Sea of Land, the Fiend
			Walk'd up and down alone bent on his prey."

			''Similes in Poetry'''

	"O my Luve's like a red, red rose,		"O my Luve's like a red, red rose,
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	'''Similes in Famous Songs'''		'''Similes in Famous Songs'''

	Madonna is internationally known as a sex symbol that likes to frequently push the envelope and reinvent herself. What most people do not realize, is that two of her biggest songs are similes.		Madonna is internationally known as a sex symbol that likes to frequently push the envelope and reinvent herself. What most people do not realize, is that two of her biggest songs are similes.

	'''Like A Virgin'''		'''Like A Virgin'''
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	When your heart beats,		When your heart beats,
	Next to mine"-Madonna		Next to mine"-Madonna

	~~'''Like A Prayer'''~~

	~~"When you call my name, it's like a little prayer,~~
	~~I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there,~~
	~~In the midnight hour I can feel your power,~~
	~~Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there"-Madonna~~


	~~'''Anna Begins'''~~

	~~"This time when kindness falls like rain, It washes her away and Anna begins to change her mind"-Counting Crows~~


	~~"How like the winter hath my absence been." -William Shakespear~~

			[[Literary Terms]]

	"~~The drill sargent was tough as nails on the new recruits~~."		=== Works Cited ===
			*Barnet, Berman, Burto. "A Dictionary of Literary, Dramatic, and Cinematic Terms". 5th ed. Boston: Little, Brown and Company 1971.
			*Beckson, Karl and Arthur Ganz. "Literary Terms; A Dictionary". 6th ed. New York: Noodle Press 1989

Chenderson at 02:52, 16 February 2006

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	'''Anna Begins'''		'''Anna Begins'''

	"This time when kindness falls like rain,		"This time when kindness falls like rain, It washes her away and Anna begins to change her mind"-Counting Crows
	It washes her away and Anna begins to change her mind"
	-Counting Crows

	"How like the winter hath my absence been." -William Shakespear		"How like the winter hath my absence been." -William Shakespear


	"The drill sargent was tough as nails on the new recruits."		"The drill sargent was tough as nails on the new recruits."

Chenderson at 02:51, 16 February 2006

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-According to a WordNet search, it is "a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds. (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')" It is used for comparison.
+A simile is a figure of speech the compares two unlike things, usually shown by using the words "Like" and/or "As".
 '''Similes in Poetry'''
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 In the midnight hour I can feel your power,
 Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there"-Madonna

Aelro at 06:13, 14 February 2006

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	Similes are used by Poets to compare things all of the time. For example:		Similes are used by Poets to compare things all of the time. For example:

	"O my Luve's like a red, red rose,		"O my Luve's like a red, red rose,
	That's newly sprung in June:		That's newly sprung in June:
	O my Luve's like the melodie,		O my Luve's like the melodie,
	That's sweetly play'd in tune."-Robert Burns		That's sweetly play'd in tune."-Robert Burns

	'''Similes in Famous Songs'''		'''Similes in Famous Songs'''
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	'''Like A Virgin'''		'''Like A Virgin'''

	"Like a virgin		"Like a virgin,
	Touched for the very first time		Touched for the very first time,
	Like a virgin		Like a virgin,
	When your heart beats		When your heart beats,
	Next to mine"-Madonna		Next to mine"-Madonna

	'''Like A Prayer'''		'''Like A Prayer'''

	"When you call my name it's like a little prayer		"When you call my name, it's like a little prayer,
	I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there		I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there,
	In the midnight hour I can feel your power		In the midnight hour I can feel your power,
	Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there"-Madonna		Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there"-Madonna

Aelro at 06:11, 14 February 2006

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	Similes are used by Poets to compare things all of the time. For example:		Similes are used by Poets to compare things all of the time. For example:

	"O my Luve's like a red, red rose,		"O my Luve's like a red, red rose,
	That's newly sprung in June:		That's newly sprung in June:
	O my Luve's like the melodie,		O my Luve's like the melodie,
	That's sweetly play'd in tune."-Robert Burns		That's sweetly play'd in tune."-Robert Burns

	'''Similes in Famous Songs'''		'''Similes in Famous Songs'''

Aelro at 06:11, 14 February 2006

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	"O my Luve's like a red, red rose,		"O my Luve's like a red, red rose,
	That's newly sprung in June:		That's newly sprung in June:
	O my Luve's like the melodie,		O my Luve's like the melodie,
	That's sweetly play'd in tune."-Robert Burns		That's sweetly play'd in tune."-Robert Burns

	'''Similes in Famous Songs'''		'''Similes in Famous Songs'''
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	"Like a virgin		"Like a virgin
	Touched for the very first time		Touched for the very first time
	Like a virgin		Like a virgin
	When your heart beats		When your heart beats
	Next to mine"-Madonna		Next to mine"-Madonna

	'''Like A Prayer'''		'''Like A Prayer'''

Aelro at 06:06, 14 February 2006

2006-02-14T06:06:18Z

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According to a WordNet search, it is "a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds. (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')" It is used for comparison.

'''Similes in Poetry'''

Similes are used by Poets to compare things all of the time. For example:

"O my Luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June:
O my Luve's like the melodie,
That's sweetly play'd in tune."-Robert Burns

'''Similes in Famous Songs'''

Madonna is internationally known as a sex symbol that likes to frequently push the envelope and reinvent herself. What most people do not realize, is that two of her biggest songs are similes.

'''Like A Virgin'''

"Like a virgin
Touched for the very first time
Like a virgin
When your heart beats
Next to mine"-Madonna

'''Like A Prayer'''

"When you call my name it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour I can feel your power
Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there"-Madonna