"Twinkle, twinkle, little star ... like a diamond in the sky" is a simile comparing the star to a diamond.
"Humpty Dumpty" is a nursery rhyme featuring a metaphor through its character, who represents fragility and vulnerability. The fall of Humpty Dumpty is used as a metaphor for irreversible damage or a downfall that cannot be undone.
A line for the rhyme 'Mary, Mary Quite Contrary' comes to mind.
"The flowers are like pretty maids in a row"
The phrase is not meant literally, but makes a comparison- ie, flowers like pretty maids" - compares the flowers to pretty maids.
Twinkle, twinkle little star compares a star to a diamond in the sky.
The fleece of Mary's lamb in Mary had a little lamb is compared to snow.
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One for Sorrow - nursery rhyme - was created in 1780.
The nursery rhyme with the initials MPHAD is "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
The nursery rhyme with the initials "BSWTS" is "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep."
The nursery rhyme with the initials IRIP is "It's Raining, It's Pouring."
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In the nursery rhyme "Birds of a Feather," the birds will flock together.
The queen baked a pie for the king in the nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence." The maid in the nursery rhyme serves the pie to the king.
I've never thought of it as a nursery rhyme but more just a silly song for kids.
Mary Had A Little Lamb
Humpty Dumpty is the character who sat among the cinders in the nursery rhyme.
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is the nursery rhyme that compares the stars with sparkling diamonds.