At the same time, they will help us to explain things that otherwise
might puzzle us in our study.
1. Simile. The simplest figure of speech is the _simile_.
It is nothing more or less than a direct comparison by the use of such
words as _like_ and _as_.
_Examples:_ Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel. How often would I
have gathered my children together, as a hen doth gather her broodunder
her wings! The Kingdom of God is like a grain of mustard seed,
is like leaven hidden in three measures of meal. Their lives glide on
like rivers that water the woodland. Mercy droppeth as the gentle rain
from heaven upon the place beneath.
2. Metaphor. A _metaphor_ is an implied or assumed comparison.
The words _like_ and _as_ are no longer used, but the construction of the
sentence is such that the comparison is taken for granted and the thing
to which comparison is made is treated as if it were the thing itself.
_Examples_: The valiant taste of death but once. Stop my house's ears.
His strong mind reeled under the blow. The compressed passions of a
century exploded in the French Revolution. It was written at a white
heat.
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