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They mostly appear at night by moonlight, as dancing Horas, in secluded areas such as glades, the tops of certain trees (maples, walnut trees), ponds, river sides, crossroads or abandoned fireplaces, dancing naked, with their breasts almost covered by their disheveled hair, with bells on their ankles and carrying candles.
A silver lining is a metaphor for optimism in vernacular English, ... Turn forth her silver lining on the night, And casts a gleam over this tufted grove. [3] [4]
A simile (/ ˈ s ɪ m əl i /) is a type of figure of speech that directly compares two things. [1] [2] Similes are often contrasted with metaphors, where similes necessarily compare two things using words such as "like", "as", while metaphors often create an implicit comparison (i.e. saying something "is" something else).
In 1947, Marsh was named Miss Sky Lady of 1947 [9] and began appearing in fewer films to focus on her new interest in dance. [citation needed] After appearing in an airshow as Miss Sky Lady, she took flight instruction classes, learned to fly and later dropped leaflets of her acting profile on various movie studios in Hollywood. [6]
A rare sighting of the northern lights over Oxfordshire was caught on camera as the stunning display returned for a second night over the UK. This timelapse footage captured on the night of Monday ...
An extended metaphor is a metaphor that is continued over multiple sentences. [19] [20] Example: "The sky steps out of her daywear/Slips into her shot-silk evening dress./An entourage of bats whirr and swing at her hem, ...She's tried on every item in her wardrobe." Dilys Rose [21] Onomatopoeia is a word designed to be an imitation of a sound. [22]
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine and twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretched in never-ending line along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay,
"Try to see the good in people." "Come on − he can't be that bad." "You should be grateful to even be in a relationship." If you've heard these phrases before, chances are you've been bright sided.