Would this work as metaphor?
love is a thorn rose

4.in those days the church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society. •type of figurative language: •meaning of figurative language: •effect on tone and mood: •effect on audience: choose out of these: hyperbole, irony, historical question, paradox, allusion,metaphor,personification,symbolism and simile

Which tense allows for an event that began in the past to carry into the present moment in time

On sarah’s first day at work she is provided with a range of information technology tools that she can use to write, edit or create documents and accounting sheets, store information, make presentations, and so on. match there software their definitions.