What are some similes and metaphors in the legend of sleepy hollow?
2 SIMILES The hour was as dismal as himself. [the hour is personified or compared to a person as “dismal” as Ichabod Crane after he leaves the party, having been bested by Bram Bones.] Now and then, too, the long-drawn crowing of a cock, accidentally awakened, would sound far, far off, from some farmhouse away among the hills—but it was like a dreaming sound in his ear. [the unreality of the sound is compared to a dream] 2 METAPHORS As Ichabod approached this fearful tree, he began to whistle; he thought his whistle was answered; it was but a blast sweeping sharply through the dry branches. [“sweeping” is a metaphor; it compares the sound of the wind to the sound of a broom] His terror rose to desperation; he rained a shower of kicks and blows upon Gunpowder, hoping by a sudden movement to give his companion the slip; but the spectre started full jump with him. [Ichabod’s kicking of the horse is compared to a violent raindstorm.
