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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
+'''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."