Sleepless city (Metaphor)
As a boy from a little town, Jacob couldn’t help but admire the way Cambridge looks. The city is casting brightness into the night. The light reflects from the dooms, towers and chapels. Everything is sparkling and Jacob asks himself, “Does Cambridge burn not only into the night, but into the day?”
Summers days (Metaphor)
Timmy Durrant and Jacob Flanders were sailing around the coast of Cornwall. That was a really nice day, but heat started bothering them. Timmy thought that he could knock at the cottage door of Mrs. Pascoe and ask her about a glass of milk in order to refresh. The summer day might “be wearing heavy”.
The heart (Metaphor)
Jacob likes to travel. It gives him a good opportunity to think, learn more about the world and just forget about the society and its rules. He is especially happy when he reaches “the heart of Italy”, its historical center.
A regular visitor (Simile)
Captain Barfoot liked visiting Mrs. Flanders. Although he was married, he valued his friendship with the poor widow and enjoyed their conversations immensely. He visited her every Wednesday, “as regular as clockwork”.
Carelessly (Simile)
The waiters at Trinity are rather careless, for judging by the noise they create, they “must have been shuffling china plates like cards”. The clatter “could be heard in the Great Court”.
Not attractive (Simile)
Jacob turns out to be a rather judgmental person. Although he doesn’t always express his mind openly, he is free to think whatever he wants. For instance, he thinks that the wives of the college professors are “as ugly as a sin”.
