Ink runs from the corners of my mouth.
There is no happiness like mine.
I have been eating poetry.

The librarian does not believe what she sees.
Her eyes are sad
and she walks with her hands in her dress.

The poems are gone.
The light is dim.
The dogs are on the basement stairs and coming up.

Their eyeballs roll,
their blond legs burn like brush.
The poor librarian begins to stamp her feet and weep.

She does not understand.
When I get on my knees and lick her hand,
she screams.

I am a new man.
I snarl at her and bark.
I romp with joy in the bookish dark.

1)The figurative language used in this poem is personification and hyperbole. "Ink runs" this phrase is used to give a human action to ink, perhaps to make the poem more interesting. "their blond legs burn like brush", this phrase is an exaggeration.

2)This poem is very interesting. The poet has used some figurative language to make it more interesting. Furthermore, there is a seemingly twist in the ending which is ironic considering that the person is seemingly giving traits of canine after the he says that "I am a new man". The poet use of language also allows me to visual the scene and actions of the characters in the mind . However, this poem seemingly do not want us to analyse the context, it is to entice and confuse us the readers. The beginning of the poem,"I have been eating poem" also attracts the me to further continue in order to find out the reason behind the man's weird actions.

Ink runs from the corners of my mouth.
There is no happiness like mine.
I have been eating poetry.

The librarian does not believe what she sees.
Her eyes are sad
and she walks with her hands in her dress.

The poems are gone.
The light is dim.
The dogs are on the basement stairs and coming up.

Their eyeballs roll,
their blond legs burn like brush.
The poor librarian begins to stamp her feet and weep.

She does not understand.
When I get on my knees and lick her hand,
she screams.

I am a new man.
I snarl at her and bark.
I romp with joy in the bookish dark.

1)The figurative language used in this poem is personification and hyperbole. "Ink runs" this phrase is used to give a human action to ink, perhaps to make the poem more interesting. "their blond legs burn like brush", this phrase is an exaggeration.

2)This poem is very interesting. The poet has used some figurative language to make it more interesting. Furthermore, there is a seemingly twist in the ending which is ironic considering that the person is seemingly giving traits of canine after the he says that "I am a new man". The poet use of language also allows me to visual the scene and actions of the characters in the mind . However, this poem seemingly do not want us to analyse the context, it is to entice and confuse us the readers. The beginning of the poem,"I have been eating poem" also attracts the me to further continue in order to find out the reason behind the man's weird actions.