SIMILE

                                                                     SIMILE

   It is a figure of speech in which a likeness between two different things is stated in an explicit statement of likeness or similar relationship observed in different objects and actions.It will be easier to understand the above with the help of an example:

                 "I WONDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD".

In the above line we observed three things: 1)a comparison (N)between two different objects (I and cloud) is made.2)the comparison is made explicit with the help of a word of comparison "as" and 3)there is a point of comparison -a common feature i.e "lonely"

   

However ,the chief features of a simile are:

1)One thing is likened to another,

2)The things are different in nature,

3)The likeness between them is clearly expressed with a word of comparison, such as like ,so such ,as,etc.