A simile is the explicit comparison of one thing to another, using the word "as" or "like" -- as when Robert Burns famously declares: My luve is like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June: My ...
If you’ve seen the film “Il Postino,” you probably remember the scene where the actor playing the part of Pablo Neruda explains the meaning of the term “metaphor” to his new friend, the postman. Pablo ...