Both Uses
simile
in
Anna Karenina
(Edited)
- "How, how am I to tell you what I mean?" said Serpuhovskoy, who liked similes.
Part 3 *similes = expressions that highlight similarity between things of different kinds
- "Oh, no!" said Levin with annoyance; "that method of doctoring I merely meant as a simile for doctoring the people with schools. The people are poor and ignorant--that we see as surely as the peasant woman sees the baby is ill because it screams. But in what way this trouble of poverty and ignorance is to be cured by schools is as incomprehensible as how the hen-roost affects the screaming."
Part 3simile = an expression that highlights similarity between things of different kinds
Definitions:
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(1)
(simile) a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things—usually using the words "like" or "as" — as in, "She is as quiet as a mouse."While metaphors and similes are both techniques of figurative language. The distinction is that a simile explicitly shows that a comparison is being made, by using words such as like or as. A metaphor simply substitutes words assuming the reader will understand that the meaning should not be taken literally.
"She is like a diamond in the rough" is a simile; while "She is a diamond in the rough" is a metaphor. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)