Ella Wheeler Wilcox Similes. Frank J. Wilstach, comp. 1916. A Dictionary of Similes

Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox


Clear as the crystal flood.	1
Curling like a kinked up ostrich feather.	2
Eyes like a bright blue-bell.	3
Fled like a flash of light.	4
They float in its rythmic measure like leaves on a summer stream.	5
Modest as a flower.	6
Rattled like shutters in a blast.	7
Soft as a lady’s hand.	8
Sprang like an arrow shot straight from the bow.	9
She starts like a sleeper who wakes from dreaming.	10
Still as the dawn.	11