For example, in The Odyssey, Homer describes the staking of the Cyclops’ eye in elaborate and almost painful detail: ".its crackling roots blazed and hissed - as a blacksmith plunges a glowing ax or adze in an ice-cold bath and the metal screeches steam and its temper hardens - that's the iron's strength - so the eye of Cyclops sizzled round that stake." In addition to the typical simile, there are also Homeric or epic similes which are extended passages that develop an intricate and ornate simile. This gives the reader a visual to draw upon, that when things are in line and near, they are in order. For example, in Esperanza Rising, the author states that everything in Esperanza’s life was in order, like dolls lined up in a row. Similes are often used in novels for younger readers as well.
darkness, where Juliet is always a shining light and everything becomes dark around her. Known for his use of similes in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare uses a simile to describe Romeo’s astonishment at Juliet’s beauty: “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! / Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night, / Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear.” In this simile, Romeo is beginning the motif of light vs. It is a way to draw a connection between two ideas or things and create a deeper level of meaning for the reader. A simile is a comparison between two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”.
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