[9] Author and lexicographer Frank J. Wilstach compiled a dictionary of similes in 1916, with a second edition in 1924.
As when a prowling Wolf, Whom hunger drives to seek new haunt for prey, Watching where Shepherds pen their Flocks at eve In hurdl'd Cotes amid the field secure, Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the Fold: .
So clomb this first grand Thief into God's Fold[12] Similes are used extensively in British comedy, notably in the slapstick era of the 1960s and 1970s.
They are also used in a comedic context where a sensitive subject is broached, and the comedian will test the audience with a response to a subtle implicit simile before going deeper.
Sayf al-Din al-Amidi discussed Arabic similes in 1805: "On Substantiation Through Transitive Relations".