He also used personification ... maybe not then. A simile compares things using the words 'like' or 'as'. For example: 'she was as strong as an ox.' Jackie Kay uses similes in her poem “Bush ...

Like simile, metaphor, personification and hyperbole, irony is a very useful figure of speech. Writers and other creative workers regularly make use of it, including comedians. It can, however, also ...