Identifying Poetic Devices

Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings,
This is an example of 

• personification
• onomatopoeia 

I am becoming sunlight.  My hair is on fire.
This is an example of 

• simile 
• metaphor

"And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste."
This is an example of 

• onomatopoeia 
• alliteration 

I heard a Fly buzz – when I died – "Buzz" is an example of 

• simile
• onomatopoeia 

I can see his eyes moving like a fish
This is an example of 

• Metaphor
• simile 

I knock out my new cigarette -
Which is my bravery,
This is an example of 

• simile
• metaphor

While night comes on gently,
  Dark like me--
This is an example of 

• onomatopoeia 
• simile 

Oh, heck,
It's up to my neck.
Oh, dread,
It's upmmmmmmffffffffff 
"Upmmmmmmffff" is an example of 

• personification
• onomatopoeia 

When to the sessions of sweet silent
This an example of 

• simile
• alliteration 

And joined the crying of each falling dying flake of snow,
This is an example of 

• personification
• simile