Nature and Aesthetics of Reverse Simile

This article deals with nature and aesthetical functions of Reverse Simile. First, three different types of Reverse Simile are distinguished and then studied in detail. The central issue of this research is the study of third type of Reverse Simile (Arabic Reverse Simile). If the relation between tenor and vehicle is well-known, the similarity of them is clear, the difference between them in characterization of the similarity is little and attribution of similarity to tenor and vehicle has previously numerous uses, then the Reverse Simile would be acceptable and beautiful. Reverse Simile may have functions such as poetic exaggeration, to avoid poetic banality and to make the vehicle subject of assertion.