In catherine norman’s short story why not the writer tells us about her love of the sunrises and the sky. They do this through the uses of metahores and personifications creating a vivid imagine of what is her thoughts and feelings

metaphore –

personifications – I could tell him about the way the houses wink at me in the orange light. This personification is talking about giving light to something that is usually quite dull and the symbol of winking makes it seem happier and cheeky. Winking is also a short action and is not there for a long period of time gives the sense of something special is happening. Correlates to the other actions where its a moment in time

metaphor – It’ll spiral up and fly away with each passing minute. the fact that it’s precious and it’s only there for a limited