Examples of similes: A gentle summer wind feels like a soft cotton sheet. Coat hook holds winter hats like bare branches hold old nests. As alike as two peas As big as an elephant(as a whale) As bitter as hemlock As stubborn as a mule To cry like a baby To sleeo like a dog To eat like a pig To swim like a fish To sing like a lark A simile can sometimes be changed into a metaphor. Examples He was as brave as a lion in the battle. (Simile) He was a lion in the battle. (Metaphor) In the following poem, Spencer compares"the word" to a fish as a fish.