Sentence:  Or , equally often , a concretistic seeming , particularistic seeming statement may consist , with its mundane exterior , in a form of poetry - may be full of meaning and emotion when interpreted as a figurative expression : a metaphor , a <WSD>simile</WSD> , an allegory , or some other symbolic mode of speaking . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')