Simile examples are everywhere in songs and writing. When you're songwriting think of this tool as you partner in painting pictures.
Pictures that emotionally connect with your listener and then take them on an enjoyable experience thanks to your song.
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Simile examples compare two things or ideas to help the listener understand something new from something they already know. It transfers information from one idea or thing to another.
As a comparison they don't force the first thing you are comparing into the second thing you are comparing. This is very handy if you don't want to include a negative aspect of the first object.
If you want one object to become another use a metaphor. For example: the man is a bear. It doesn't compare, it says he is a bear. A simile would just say he was like a bear.
Most similes use the word "like" or "as" to make a comparison between two things. Here are some common examples:
smooth as butter
bright like sunshine
green as the grass
rough like sandpaper
ears like an elephant
shaking like a leaf
sharp as a tack
There was a time when all these comparisons were fresh and made people stand up and notice. Not now however, because once people have heard them many times the picture gets established and its not new anymore.
If it's not new and fresh its not nearly as interesting to the listener. As a songwriter you're in the business of creating new images and pictures that will steal the hearts and minds of the listener.
Its important to do this while making sure they don't feel manipulated by your song. You have to make yourself unique compared to other writers.
Stay away from old sayings you've heard many times before. Invent new ones, use a thesaurus or take an old saying and twist it just enough to make it unique again. Something like this:
smooth as eggshells
bright like ideas
green as politicians
rough like first dates
ears like blood hounds
shaking like a Elvis impersonator
sharp as a new dress
You can have a lot of fun converting old similes into your own. Do as I just did, write out some old ones and dream up new comparisons that you haven't heard before. Or just start fresh, use your imagination and see what you come up with.
After you have written your song go back and work on it, build interesting simile examples into it. Pack it with these new pictures for the listener.
Dig deep, also use analogies and metaphors to make your writing stand out.
Simile Examples
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