Glad you did, Capri.

The precedent that comes at once to mind is Waly, Waly, where love is like a tree which breaks when you lean on it, or lie a ship loaded deep as deep can be; or The Rose, wherein love is a flower, and you its only seed -- both beautiful and timeless in their different ways, no?

I am aware of the strict difference between simile and metaphor but I wasna gonna quibble for the purposes of your question.

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