It is used to increase shock, novelty, appearance, or illustrative consequences. A simile is a comparison between two objects using the words like or as. A hyperbole is a very strong exaggeration. A metaphor is the comparison between two objects. Personification gives an inhuman thing human quality.
Image is the representation sense.
Two trees converged in a velvet meadow. Symbol is a specific idea or object to represent ideas, values, or ways of life. A symbol is usually something more than what it seems. The path not seen. A paradox is a contradiction, which in reality is true.