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Those who claim a simile is not a metaphor are just a fiddler's skip from the loony bin. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ed Poor (talkcontribs) 22:27, 7 November 2002 (UTC)[reply]

Literate, you mean? A similie is a comparison. A metaphor is a non-literal application of a word. e.g. "He is an ass" is a metaphor. "He's as dumb as an ass" is a similie. Mr. Jones 02:47, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Why does it say "non-physical link between separate objects" in the John Donne example? <KF> 23:51, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]