Walks o’er the dew of yon high eastern hill.
The simile implied here is, “The morning like to a person clad in russet mantle walks,” etc.
Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness ... above all taking the shield of faith wherewith ye may be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
Similes and Metaphors are employed
1. To aid the understanding.
We comprehend the unknown best by comparison with the known.
2. To intensify the feelings; as
Offence’s gilded hand may shove by justice.
What a piece of work is man; how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals!
3. To give point and force to what we wish to express.