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Definition of Simile
A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things. To make the comparison, similes most often use the connecting words "like" or "as," but can also... read full definition
A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things. To make the comparison, similes most often use the connecting words "like... read full definition
A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things. To make the comparison, similes most often... read full definition
Key Examples in Piranesi
Part 7
Explanation and Analysis—The World's Beauty:
Piranesi struggles to adapt to his life in the real world as Matthew Rose Sorensen. However, in the novel's closing scene, he walks through a park and feels at peace among the rich sensory images of the contemporary world:
It began to snow. The low clouds made a grey ceiling for the city; the snow muffled the noise of the cars until it became almost rhythmical; a steady, shushing noise, like the sound of tides beating endlessly on marble walls.
I closed my eyes. I felt calm.
There was a park. I entered it and followed a path through an avenue of tall, ancient trees [...] The pale snow sifted down through bare winter branches. The lights of the cars on the distant road sparkled through the trees: red, yellow, white.
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