Question

i’m stone. i’m flesh.
my clouded reflection eyes me
like a bird of prey, the profile of night
slanted against morning. i turn
this way – the stone lets me go.
—“facing it,” yusef komunyakaa
identify each line as simile, metaphor, or
personification.
“i’m stone. i’m flesh.”

“my clouded reflection eyes me / like a bird of prey”

“the stone lets me go”

done

Explanation:

1. For "I'm stone. I'm flesh.": A metaphor directly compares the speaker to stone and flesh without using "like" or "as", so it's a metaphor.
2. For "My clouded reflection eyes me / like a bird of prey": The phrase "like a bird of prey" uses "like" to make a comparison, which is the definition of a simile.
3. For "the stone lets me go": The stone is given the human action of "letting go", which is personification (giving human traits to non - human things).

Answer:

1. "I'm stone. I'm flesh." - metaphor
2. "My clouded reflection eyes me / like a bird of prey" - simile
3. "the stone lets me go" - personification