is the following a metaphor or a simile ''a childs mind is like a shallow brook which ripples and dances merrily over the stony course if its education?''
Simile
Ocean waves have more energy than ripples.
The earthquake was a sleeping giant that suddenly awoke, shaking the ground beneath our feet with its mighty roar.
waves, waives
wind creates ripples in the sand
Ripples - 1967 was released on: USA: 1967
Fire Ripples - 2014 was released on: USA: 2014
The Ripples - 2003 TV was released on: USA: 2003
Ripples - 2009 is rated/received certificates of: USA:PG-13
Ripples - 2012 was released on: USA: 20 May 2012
That is called creating ripples or waves in the water.
That depends on what you mean by ripples at the beginning of time. If you are referring to inflation of the universe caused by the Big Bang, and the subsequent "ripples", then those ripples are the leftover, background radiation from the event. If you are referring to ripples in space-time, then it still could have multiple meanings. Space itself can "ripple" in a wave-like fashion when affected by gravity.