INSOMNIAC

There are some nights when

sleep plays coy,

aloof and disdainful.

All the wiles

that I employ to win 5

its service to my side

are useless as wounded pride

and much more painful.

In this poem sleep acts as if it is human, being "coy, "aloof," and disdainful"; this is a poetic device called
Answer
onomatopoeia
couplet
metaphor
personification

Question

INSOMNIAC





There are some nights when 


sleep plays coy, 


aloof and disdainful. 


All the wiles 


that I employ to win 5 


its service to my side 


are useless as wounded pride 


and much more painful. 





In this poem sleep acts as if it is human, being "coy, "aloof," and disdainful"; this is a poetic device called
Answer
		onomatopoeia
		couplet
		metaphor
		personification

anonymous · Answer

once again, personification. Personification is when you put human qualities to an inanimate object