I really need help on this question, I don't get how to make similes.

Provide a simile that could be inserted in Bradstreet’s poem and explain your comparison.

Here is a link to the poem: In Reference to Her Children: http://www.infoplease.com/t/lit/anne-bradstreet/ar04.html

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I really need help on this question, I don't get how to make similes.

Provide a simile that could be inserted in Bradstreet’s poem and explain your comparison.

Here is a link to the poem: In Reference to Her Children: http://www.infoplease.com/t/lit/anne-bradstreet/ar04.html

anonymous · Answer

Similes compare something to another using the words like or as , 
My throbs such now as 'fore were never.
This is basically comparing her heart beats before and after she takes care of the birds , and shows how she still cares and worries as much for them as before even when they’re all grown up