What is the simile in the poem the old year

It is like the glow left by the passing of dusk or twilight in the sky. Something is always left behind after the year is over and Kendall describes that “something” as the memories, and their impact, left on the people still living in the present.

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).

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