The metaphor of brilliance
To express the boy's extraordinary mastery of skills and the ability to comprehend concepts beyond human imagination, the author uses the metaphor of brilliance. The author writes, "As the boy grew up, he exhibited magnificence in both the strength of his body and brilliance of his intellect. He needed to hear one thing to understand ten, and learning ten things allowed him to master a hundred.”
The simile of licentious youth
The minister's wife is unhappy with her husband's behavior, which she compares to that of a licentious youth in broad daylight. The author writes, "Your Lordship is a person of high position in the world and no longer a young of excessive vitality. So why are you acting like a licentious youth in broad daylight and in view of the maids who spy upon this chamber?”
The simile of green canopies
When the minister gets fatigued, he sleeps and falls into a dream. In his dream, the minister finds himself within multiple mountains, comparing willow branches to canopies. The author writes, “He found himself where verdant mountains lay in multiple folds, fresh waters flowed gently, and willow branches were arrayed like so many canopies of green.”
