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Definition
a phrase that highlights similarity between things of different kinds — usually formed with "like" or "as"
as in "It's like looking for a needle in a haystack," or "She is as quiet as a mouse."
as in "It's like looking for a needle in a haystack," or "She is as quiet as a mouse."
- I and mine do not convince by arguments, similes, rhymes, We convince by our presence.Book 7 — Song of the Open Road (58% in)
There are no more uses of "simile" in Leaves of Grass.
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