Reading Myself To Sleep Figurative Language
Poetry is a form many use to express feelings in a more lyrical scene, they often use figurative language to help convey what they are trying to say or to have more of an impact on the reader. The poems “An Afternoon in the Stacks” and “Reading Myself to Sleep” both use forms of figurative language such as similes and personification to convey the idea that books can seem to ,in a way, come to life. “... but the chapters open their beautiful spaces and give a rustling sound, words adjusting themselves to their meaning.”(Strafford 2-3). This author uses personification to give the books traits that a human would have. In this example it gives books the ability to make sounds and to adjust themselves. “All late reader know this sinking feeling