The joker from dark knight
A simile.
"Like pebbles stuck in the suckers of some octopus dragged from its lair - so strips of skin torn." (Fagles, p. 165, lines 476-477)
simile
Yes, a simile is a comparative statement or phrase that uses the words "like" or "as" Example: "This simile is as cool as my sunglasses" or "This simile is like the most awesome thing ever"
Hot like Jack Sparrow is mine (and my fave) but no one else is.
Cars
This is an example of a lengthy speech.
An epic simile is a simile developed over many lines, mainly an epic poem. A sentece would be like.... "The Odyssey, by Homer, has many lines of epic simile"
create a epic simile
An ordinary simile is a comparison using "like" or "as" that is relatively straightforward and brief, while an epic simile is a more elaborate comparison found in epic poetry that can extend over several lines or even multiple paragraphs. Epic similes typically use more exaggerated imagery and involve more elaborate descriptions than ordinary similes.
Homeric simile, also called epic simile, is a detailed comparison in the form of a simile that is many lines in length
as many souls as leaves that yield their hold on boughs and fall through forests in the early frost of autumn
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the launch is as amazing as a firework
One epic simile in the Fitzgerald Translation of the Odyssey is when Odysseus describes the scene of the Cyclops (Polyphemus). "...I leaned on it turning it as a shipwright turns a drill in planking..." (IX, 416-418) This shows how Odysseus rammed the scorched olive tree in Polyphemus' eye.
An epic simile. There are numerous examples in Homer's The Odyssey. What qualifies a simile is the comparison of two things (ie. "his heart was like a lion's") using the words "like" or "as". To qualify as an epic simile the comparison is extended using inflated language and poetic description.
An epic simile. There are numerous examples in Homer's The Odyssey. What qualifies a simile is the comparison of two things (ie. "his heart was like a lion's") using the words "like" or "as". To qualify as an epic simile the comparison is extended using inflated language and poetic description.