: Is repeating the action/verb in a metaphor a sign that is a bad one? Example: She didn’t reply; just stared at us vacantly. She might as well have been observing two squirrels that

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Example:

She didn’t reply; just stared at us vacantly.
She might as well have been observing two squirrels that had invaded
her yard.

As you can see, the action stare/observe has so be repeated for the metaphor to work. Is that a sign of a bad metaphor?

Should I write this instead?

She didn’t reply; just stared at us vacantly.
I suddenly felt as if we were two squirrels that had invaded
her yard.

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