Of a heart dancing
A marvellous simile for the effect of a woman's movements on a man's heart. I take it to mean her...
As hard as…
Mrs Poyser has strong and generally accurate opinions about the people around her, and she nails Hetty's character in a...
Deep-thrilling chord
Jane Eyre knows Rochester has been emotionally overloaded and hesitates to add any more weight to his burdened heart.
'I...
Large-hearted intelligence
I liked the linking of intelligence with large-heartedness, since heart and mind are often viewed as being in opposition, though...
The coming of the simoom
This lovely word, which echoes its opposite, a monsoon, refers to a soughingly dry desert wind. Yet another superb simile...
Heart and soul
As we begin to grapple with the implications of artificial intelligence and robots, this allusion more than 150 years ago...
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