eng lang similes to use

children like leaves

moving more swiftly as though they were lighter leaves on the same steady wind, came convoys of children, and groups of women

evolving anger to modulating music

a sudden acclaiming clamour of rage and emotion swelled out, and like the chord in a progress of music, transfigured the…into a new and deeper channel

adults compared to schoolgirls

to see them so ridiculously trivial, gabbling with the noses together like a couple of schoolgirls

rain

a soft brushing rain like tassels of silk

fusing 2 senses

the smell of the sea, melancholy like a whine, rose from the filthy, clucking waters

forest as cathedral

The forest was a cathedral older than any built by human hands. The trunks rose as towering pillars, holding up a vaulted ceiling of leaves. Shafts of sunlight streamed through the canopy like coloured windows, painting the floor in gold and green. The birds became a hidden choir, their songs echoing through the sacred halls, while the wind moved through the branches like the murmur of distant prayers.

forest as battlefield

The forest was an ancient battlefield where time fought its endless war. Fallen trunks lay like defeated warriors. Young saplings rose from the ground to replace them, eager recruits joining the struggle. Moss slowly reclaimed the fallen, covering them like green banners. Year after year, storms launched their assaults, but the woodland endured, scarred yet standing.

other figurative language

• The trees whispered secrets to one another.

• The sunlight tiptoed across the forest floor.

• The mist wrapped the woodland in a gentle embrace.

• Birdsong was a ribbon of music woven through the trees.

• Sunlight spilled through the canopy like liquid gold.

• Birdsong stitched itself through the silence.

• The earthy smell of decaying leaves drifted from the forest floor.

• The wind's sigh brushed softly against my skin.

• The crack of a twig scratched at the silence.

• The damp scent of moss wrapped around me like a blanket.

• The morning air tasted sharp against my tongue.

• It whispered through the leaves, danced across the water and vanished into the shadows.