Rain like remorse
Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast has a lot of weather, giving an overwhelming impression of dismal, dank, damp, darkness of cloud, storm...
And now for the news
A vivid image of a girl running to bring the latest news, like a French frigate sailing in.Â
Beguildy...
A dam snake
Infrastructure likened to a curling serpent, whereas most serpentine similes I've seen have been speed-related. See Tarka the Otter,...
A quivering of shattered pinions
What a potent, heart-rending image of longing, echoing the Spanish word for lame or broken-winged, aliquebrado. See an earlier image...
Of rising darkness
This simile struck me months before we had heard of COVID-19, and it worked its way to the front of...
As happy as …
In developing WritingRedux.com, I’ve been experimenting with revolutionizing the quality of quotations you find on postcards and greetings cards, and...
Equal parts hard and very hard
The appropriately named housekeeper at Jane Eyre's orphanage has qualities the patron of the establishment values. He believes - firmly...
Another context, another grin
Having recently found a seashore's surf likened to a grin, I was struck by the keyboard...
As curious, as dangerous as…
It's a long time, probably decades, since I had a nightmare, but I remember having quite a few in childhood,...
Like sunshine over a field
I wish you countless such waves.
'A wave of happiness flows over us like sunshine over a field.'Â 7 August...
Breathing on a crystal
A limpid simile to describe a lovely human being. Maggie is simple and direct, but her innate charm and beauty...
As subtle as scent
A simple simile. Â While some scents are not subtle, my husband's endeavours to teach me the mysteries of wine aromas...
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