the sky looks like a shattered lake
the sky is a shattered lake
the sky is not a shattered lake
the sky is like a shattered lake

the clouds look like frozen floes
the clouds are frozen floes
the clouds are not frozen floes
the clouds are like frozen floes

the texture of the cloud cover's undersurface
and the texture of an unevenly frozen lake
have visual similarities
the sky evokes an image of a shattered lake and a shattered lake evokes an image of the sky