would this be a simile?

[XSeaNX]

would this phrase: "time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings"

would that be a simile?

Im doing a project for school..and songs are the hardest to pick this kind of stuff out of...well metaphors and similes atleast. I got a would bunch of others...but I cant tell if this is a simile

thanks

[Shagster]

that is a metaphor (comparison using like or as) which is a type of simile.

I think

[XSeaNX]

Simile - comparing two unlike things using the word like or as

Metaphor - comparing two unlike things that have something in common.

those are the definitions...however I cant tell by the context is which that phrase was said, whether or not its a simile or not.

[Shagster]

so a simile is a type of metaphor. I more of a math person I guess


But it is a comparison using like or as. I know that

[Hopeful]

Metaphore... definate metaphore

[Dakota]

met·a·phor : A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in “a sea of troubles” or “All the world's a stage”

[XSeaNX]

so its a metaphor? man Im confused

[Croc]

It's a lyric from a song. (see bold type)

In The End
SUNG BY - Linkin Park -

[It starts with]
One thing / I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind / I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time
All I know
time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away
It's so unreal
Didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on / but didn't even know
Wasted it all just to
Watch you go
I kept everything inside and even though I tried / it all fell apart
What it meant to me / will eventually / be a memory / of a time when I tried
so hard
One thing / I don't know why
Doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind / I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time
I tried so hard
In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I'm surprised it got so [far]
Things aren't the way they were before
You wouldn't even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me
In the end
You kept everything inside and even though I tried / it all fell apart
What it meant to me / will eventually / be a memory / of a time when I
I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
And lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
There's only one thing you should know




and a metaphor.

Croc.

[Immortal]

You're all wrong!

This is a smilie!

[XSeaNX]

Originally posted by Croc
It's a lyric from a song. (see bold type)

In The End
SUNG BY - Linkin Park -

[It starts with]
One thing / I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind / I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time
All I know
time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away
It's so unreal
Didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on / but didn't even know
Wasted it all just to
Watch you go
I kept everything inside and even though I tried / it all fell apart
What it meant to me / will eventually / be a memory / of a time when I tried
so hard
One thing / I don't know why
Doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind / I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time
I tried so hard
In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I'm surprised it got so [far]
Things aren't the way they were before
You wouldn't even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me
In the end
You kept everything inside and even though I tried / it all fell apart
What it meant to me / will eventually / be a memory / of a time when I
I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
And lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
There's only one thing you should know




and a metaphor.

Croc.

LOL!!!

I know what song its from heh.....Im using it for a project...thnx

[Burke]

Originally posted by XSeaNX
LOL!!!

I know what song its from heh.....Im using it for a project...thnx

Good Lord...now people are using quotes from crappy rock bands to try and demonstrate similes and metaphors?

The education system is truly in shambles. Shoot us all now.

Thank you.

[ScottE]

It's neither. There is no comparison made in that sentence. It's just saying That time is flying by and the pendulum is swinging at the same time. Not comparing time flying by to a pendulum swinging. That doesn't make any sense.

[Burke]

Originally posted by agentbeast
It's neither. There is no comparison made in that sentence. It's just saying That time is flying by and the pendulum is swinging at the same time. Not comparing time flying by to a pendulum swinging. That doesn't make any sense.

Oh...and he's right. It's neither.

[XSeaNX]

Originally posted by Burke
Oh...and he's right. It's neither.

hey I resent that...I like Linkin park...go bite a tree

[Croc]

Originally posted by agentbeast
It's neither. There is no comparison made in that sentence. It's just saying That time is flying by and the pendulum is swinging at the same time. Not comparing time flying by to a pendulum swinging. That doesn't make any sense.

Time to find another XSeaNX.

Someone contact Norm. The answer has to be in DOS somewhere.

Maybe you could try one of these??

Or, you could read the info here that is easier to understand than DOS.

Croc.

[Blisster]

Originally posted by XSeaNX
would this phrase: "time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings"

would that be a simile?

Im doing a project for school..and songs are the hardest to pick this kind of stuff out of...well metaphors and similes atleast. I got a would bunch of others...but I cant tell if this is a simile

thanks

I'd say its NOT a similie because it's basically saying "watch it fly by WHILE the pendulum swings"

if it said "watch it fly by like a pendulum swings" then it would be a similie

[Burke]

Originally posted by XSeaNX
I like Linkin park

And there you go.

[Croc]

Ah, but if you were to substitute the word {like} in place of {as} it becomes a ?????

Croc.

[Blisster]

'like' can be used in a similie as well as 'as'

[kaamady]

It's neither. There is no comparison made in that sentence. It's just saying That time is flying by and the pendulum is swinging at the same time. Not comparing time flying by to a pendulum swinging. That doesn't make any sense.

TIME IS A VAlUABLE THING Mike is comparing Time to money. This is a metaphor :P