The branches of the tree looked like the fingers of a wizened crone.
It seemed as if, overnight, the trees had unfurled their new leaves triumphantly, like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat.
The trees proudly showed off their blossom, as a newly engaged girl displays her diamond ring.
The two trees stood either side of the gateway, like sentries outside Buckingham Palace
The wind blew, making the bare branches of the chestnut tree outside scratch the bedroom window like fingernails on a blackboard.
Oh how I remember that sound. Fingernails on blackboards. That was the one for me. I could actually feel it making my teeth go on edge as I read it.
ReplyDeleteGreat, you really did touch my senses with that!
Good work Julie, I think I liked number three best. By the way numbers two and three are examples of 'pathetic fallacy', in which the author attributes human emotions and motivations etc to inanimate objects (proudly, triumphantly). This isnt necessarily a bad thing, of course - 'pathetic' here refers to emotion (pathos, sympathy), and 'fallacy' was the original description that did cast this as a mistake - though now it's not necessarily considered to be one. I liked them anyway!
ReplyDeleteGary what you described is personification. Pathetic fallacy is when the weather is used in a piece of media or writing, for example: the rain hammered down as the moon slid behind the inky clouds, is an example of pathetic fallacy as the weather is being used to give the feel of illicit or bad deeds that may be afoot in the absence of light and it's connotations of goodness.
DeleteHope that helped.
-Steph.
I know knowt about "pathetic fallacy".
ReplyDeleteI get the gist from Gary's comments but would like some more pointers and guidance..
..I preferred no 3; especially pertinent as we see the Spring blossoms appearing.
All very vivid Julie, I enjoyed each one. PETER.
ReplyDeletewhat is a blossom tree?
DeleteWeird??!!!
ReplyDeletevery nice ways of describing a simple tree in a imaginative way
ReplyDeleteSimilies are comparisons using LIKE or AS. Only the first one is a similie
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