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