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The 14 pages that link to Simile, each with the reason it gives.

• MetaphorCompared with: Unlike metaphor, simile marks the comparison with an explicit signal.

• PersonificationCompared with: A simile compares a thing to a person without directly giving it human qualities.

• AeneidRelated: Virgil’s extended comparisons interpret battles and emotions through familiar images.

• AnalogyCompared with: A simile is a linguistic form of comparison, while analogy can also be an extended reasoning pattern.

• ImageryRelated: Explicit comparisons often give sensory detail a sharper shape.

• JuxtapositionCompared with: A simile states a comparison in language rather than relying on adjacent elements.

• Arabic rhetoricRelated: Simile is a central bayān device for making qualities perceptible through comparison.

• Epic simileNarrower topic: Epic similes expand this basic form into sustained descriptive passages.

• HyperboleRelated: Similes can intensify a comparison through deliberately impossible scale.

• Metaphysical conceitCompared with: A simile can state a single likeness; a conceit elaborates its implications over time.

• EuphuismRelated: Euphuistic comparisons draw on elaborate natural and classical examples.

• Philip MarloweRelated: Marlowe’s striking similes turn his narration into a recognizable comic and descriptive voice.

• Literary deviceRelated: It makes comparisons explicit where metaphor leaves the connection implicit.

• I Wandered Lonely as a CloudRelated: The opening compares the speaker to a lonely cloud drifting over the landscape.