Similes and Metaphors 1

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The faces at the street crossings shine like a row of eggs on a pantry shelf.
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He overwhelmed the boxer with avalanches of punches.
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The musicians spun great webs of sound.
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A hundred miles of landscape spread before me like a fan.
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We were crushed by the hammer of sunlight.
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Fear fell from us like steel armor.
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The night is as cold as a sharp sword.
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Her voice was like water bubbling from a silver jar.
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Children are the most beautiful flowers of all.
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There I waited, crouched behind my pointed wall of words.
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The town was set along the coast like a little pearl in an emerald band.
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The strong men live on, fighting, singing, lucky as plungers.
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The gnashes of northern winds are the best Norwegian wines to him.
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Your voice is like bells over roofs at dawn.
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Your shadow is sunlight on a plate of silver.
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She smiled her sugary smile.
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Here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars.
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One large opal hung like a milky, rainbow moon.
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The cup of my heart is still, and cold, and empty.
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Her kisses are sharp buds of fire.
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