simile and metaphor ~

Flint

An emerald is as green as grass,

A ruby red as blood;

A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;

A flintlies in the mud.

A diamond is a brilliant stone,

To catch the world's desire;

An opal holds a fiery spark;

But a flint holds a fire.

by Christina Rossetti 1830-1894

Incendiary

That one small boy with a face like pallid cheese

And burnt-out little eyes could make a blaze

As brazen, fierce and huge, as red and gold

And zany yellow as the one that spoiled

Three thousand guineas' worth of property

And crops at Godwin's Farm on Saturday

Is frightening---as fact and metaphor:

An ordinary match intended for

The lighting of a pipe or kitchen fire

Misused may set a whole menagerie

Of flame-fanged tigers roaring hungrily.

And frightening, too, that one small boy should set

The sky on fire and choke the stars to heat

Such skinny limbs and such a little heart

Which would have been content with one warm kiss

Had there been anyone to offer this.

by Vernon Scannell

From the poem Flint by Christina Rossetti the poet has used the simile concept where the usage of the word "as..as"

whereas from the Incendiary by Vernon Scannell the metaphor concept has been used. for example "That one small boy with a face like pallid cheese '' and "And burnt-out little eyes could make a blaze " etc..

from critical thinking simile is
•A simile is a special form of comparison – where you compare the current subject, object or action to some other idea that creates an image.
•It usually takes the form:
–“as ___ as ___”
–“like ___”
–“___ than ____”

while metaphors is
•A metaphor is a part of a sentence that creates a comparative image in your mind, without using comparative qualifiers.