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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 The Comedy of Errors
Act 1, Scene 2
Explanation and Analysis—Like a Drop of Water:
Searching for his twin brother in the bustling city of Ephesus, Antipholus of Syracuse describes himself using a simile suggesting that he's “like a drop of water” searching for another drop of water in a vast ocean:
I to the world am like a drop of water
That in the ocean seeks another drop,
Who, falling there to find his fellow forth,
Unseen, inquisitive, confounds himself.
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