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SIMILE :: Smiles & Similes !

ENGLISH SIMILE ::

Almost all good poetry uses comparison. There are two main ways of comparing things: simile and metaphor. We heighten our ordinary speech by the continual use of such comparisons as "fresh as a daisy," "tough as leather," "comfortable as an old shoe," "it fits like the Paper on the wall," "gay as a lark," "happy as the day is long, pretty as a picture." These are all recognizable similes; they use the words "as" or "like."


EXAMPLE POETRY ::

A smile is like a rubber band.
It twists like rubber on my face.
Someone stole my mouth and left a rubber band in its place.

Ears are like tiny wings
Just a bit too small to fly;
I hope God gives me bigger wings to fly to heaven when I die.

Fingers wiggle like bony worms
Five of them in each worm home.
If you would cut them off your hand, they'd be free to roam.

Eyes are like a pair of marbles
stuck inside my face.
Someone stole my eyes and put two big marbles in their place.

~Mr. Belz

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