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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
Book 2, Chapter 1
Explanation and Analysis—The Black Cat:
In introducing Queen Gawaine in Chapter 1 of The Queen of Air and Darkness, White introduces a black cat and describes it using a compelling and odd simile:
The black cat lay on its side in the firelight as if it were dead. This was because its legs were tied together, like the legs of a roe deer which is to be carried home from the hunt. [...] This cat, with the small flames dancing in its oblique eyes, was perhaps seeing the pageant of its last eight lives, reviewing them with an animal's stoicism, beyond hope or fear.
Book 3, Chapter 7
Explanation and Analysis—Like Eagles:
During one of Lancelot's quests, the narrator uses a simile to describe "two knights on the borders of Wales called Sir Carados and Sir Turquine":
Unlock with LitCharts A+They existed like eagles, to prey on weaker brethren. It is unfair to compare them with eagles, for many of these birds are noble creatures, while Sir Turquine at any rate was not noble.
