Commentary Inf IX 4

For the 'improper' or 'false' simile, a comparison in which the tenor and vehicle would seem to refer to the same entity ('he was struggling as does a man trying to explain a difficult concept'), see Eric S. Mallin (Mall.1984.1), See also Lansing (Lans.1977.1) for a previous and somewhat different discussion of this phenomenon, as Mallin reports.