In this quote from the poem, the word that intends a lonely feeling is “alone”. This word is used along with a simile, comparing loneliness like a ghost, which distinguishes from the poem “After Midnight”. In this poem, the choice of wording is different. “I am suddenly aware / I might live here myself. ” (Simpson 8-9). This quote uses the word “myself” to infer a lonely feeling. In this case, the loneliness is not compared to anything like the other poem. Both poems however have a lonely feeling, but both differentiate due to a choice of words.
Lastly, when comparing the two, both poems are using the poetic device, simile. In the poem “After Midnight”, the quote “With only a drugstore glowing / Softly, like a sleeping body”, (Simpson 2-3) shows that the simile used is referring to the drugstore’s glow, which is being compared to a sleeping body. The poem “Summer Night uses simile in the quote “I walk through this ancient village, / alone, like a ghost. ” (Machado 11-12). This quote is referring to the narrator’s loneliness. The simile is used to compare the loneliness to a ghost.
Both quotes however are using the poetic device, simile. The two poems “After Midnight” and “Summer Night” are both very interesting poems that include different elements, making each poem unique; however, both poems have their similarities and differences; both poems use imagery for a dark element, but the dark element is different in both case; both poems include a lonely feeling at the same time both authors have worded their poems accordingly to their writing style; and both poems include a simile by comparing two things together using “like” or “as”.