Parabola (par-ab’-o-la): The explicit drawing of a parallel between two essentially dissimilar things, especially with a moral or didactic purpose. A parable.
The crocus is the first to bloom and the first to wither.
Accordingly, sometimes being last is best.
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Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu).
