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A simile is figure of speech. It uses words such as like, as, than, or
resembles to compare objects that usually aren't compared next to one
another. One example of a simile is "Her face glowed like the setting
sun."
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Similes come in very useful to a poet when writing poetry. They
give the poem images that aren't usually seen. For example, it
would be easy to say "Her face glowed as she set down the violin,"
but when you say "Her face glowed like the setting sun as she
set down the violin," the reader sees her face glowing radiantly,
as bright as the sun. The following poem was written by a girl in my
class and uses similes.
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There for me
By Andrea
If huge trouble arose
Like sand in the wind
Would you be there for me?
If awful days were to come and
Haunt us for some time or more
Would you be there for me?
If distance were to take over like heartless
A tyrant in Ancient Greece
Would you still be there for me?
If war would come knowching on your door,
Like an American sales vendor
Would you still be there for me?
If countless mistakes were to be made
Day to day without delay
Would you still be there for me?
If I were to hurt you deeply
Like an arrow clunged into the heart
Would you still be there for me?
All I need to know
Is if you, and only you
Will always be there for me
And if you are
I'd like welcome you
To this precious place
For my love saved it with more than grace
Welcome
to the door of my heart.
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