allegory (n.)
- allusion
- analogy
- apologue
- assumption
- balancing
- cipher
- coloration
- compare
- comparing
- comparison
- confrontation
- connotation
- contrast
- correlation
- distinction
- distinctiveness
- emblem
- fable
- fantasy
- fiction
- figuration
- folktale
- gest
- hint
- iconology
- ideogram
- implication
- import
- inference
- innuendo
- intimation
- legend
- likening
- logogram
- logotype
- matching
- meaning
- metaphor
- mystery
- myth
- mythology
- nuance
- opposition
- overtone
- parable
- parallelism
- presumption
- presupposition
- proportion
- relation
- romance
- shocker
- simile
- similitude
- suggestion
- supposition
- symbol
- symbolism
- symbolization
- symbology
- thriller
- tinge
- token
- totem
- touch
- type
- typification
- undercurrent
- undertone
- weighing
- whodunit
As headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.
