The warmly cool, clear, ringing, perfumed, overflowing, redundant days, were as crystal goblets of Persian sherbet, heaped up --flaked up, with rose-water snow.
Definition of PARADOX for Kids. 1. : a statement that seems to say opposite things and yet is perhaps true. 2. : a person or thing having qualities that seem to be opposite.
If your child asks what a metaphor is, here is how you can explain it. A metaphor is a comparison between two things that share a common characteristic. One thing is equal to another because it has this characteristic. For example, âYou are my sunshine,â just like the sun brings warmth and happiness to someoneâs day; you do the same, by bringing happiness to someoneâs day.