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Mono- and Polyrelated Similes
This kind of structural opposition of similes is based on the number of the ROs participating in the comparison. Accordingly, in monorelated similes, the TO is characterized via its comparison with only one RO while in polyrelated similes the number of ROs increases resulting in multiple emphasis of the feature, the author focuses on. It should be noted that the degree of expressiveness of polyrelated similes depends upon
the number of the ROs: The more their number in the simile is, the more expressive and dynamic the simile becomes. In the textual fragment below from Galsworthy’s In Chancery (1974), the author depicts in a most expressive way the feeling of relief mingled with shame and anger, Soames experiences after he has divorced Irene and decided to marry Annette. In order to emphasise the need of rest and peace of mind that Soames lacks, the author uses a prolonged simile, introducing into the text one by one heterogeneous objects of wide range by comparison with which the vital importance of rest and peace of mind is metaphorically stated.
Example
Rest—peace! Let a poor fellow rest! Let not worry and shame and anger chase like evil
night-birds in his head! Like those doves perched half-sleeping on their dovecot, like the furry creatures in the woods on the far side, and the simple folks in their cottages, like the trees and the river itself, whitening fast in twilight, like the darkening cornflower-blue sky where, stars were coming up – let him cease from himself and rest!


Mono- and Polymotivated Similes
In the former type, there is only one common property that serves as a motivation for the comparison realized in a simile, while in the latter the number of such properties increases, being explicated mostly by adjectives.
Example
Then I walked straight out of the door and across the long reception room over the carpet
which was deep and soft as the turf of a shaven lawn in spring.
Example
Judge Cool clutched his fists and they were hard and hairy as coconuts.
Example
He was thin, tall and straight as a steel rod.