Poetic analogies (7)
I believe the answer is:
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">poetic analogies</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for similes that I've seen before include "Figures of speech showing resemblance between things" , "Figure of speech" , "Missile directed at figures of speech" , "Figures of speech such as 13 across and 4 down" .)