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…making ripples that float to the shore.

and now let’s talk about analogy. analogy is defined as, “a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based” … similes and metaphors are a type of analogy! (for more see here)

there are two types of analogies, a figurative analogy is a comparison about two things that are not alike but share only some common property, and a literal analogy is about two things that are alike…. metaphors and similes are figurative analogies (see more here)

in literary terms, analogy “is often used to paint vivid word pictures” … and can be big, really big, and go on and on to include many simles and metaphors. (complete lit def here)