What are some metaphors of "finding yourself"?

What are the metaphors in Corner by Corner by Ralph Pomeroy?

• The cop slumps alertly at his motorcycle, supported by one leg like a leather stork. His glance accuses me of loitering. I can see his eyes moving like a fish in the green depths of his green goggles. His ease is fake. I can tell. My ease is fake. And he can tell. The fingers armoured by his gloves Splay and clench, itching to change something. As if he were my enemy or my death, I just stand there watching. I spit out my gum which has gone stale. I knock out my new cigarette -- Which is my bravery. It is all imperceptible: The way I shift my weight, The way he creaks in the saddle. The traffic is specific though constant. The sun surrounds me, divides the street between us. His crash helmet is whiter in the shade. It is like a bullring as they say it is just before the fighting. I cannot back down. I am there. Everything holds me back. I am in danger of disappearing into the sunny dust, My levis bake and my T-shirt sweats. My cigarette makes my eyes burn. But I don't dare drop it. Who made him my enemy? Prince of coolness. King of fear. Why do I lean here waiting? Why does he lounge there watching? I am becoming sunlight. My hair is on fire. My boots run like tar. I am hung-up by the bright air. Something breaks through all of a sudden. And he blasts off, quick as a craver, Snug in his power; watching me watch. I'm having a lot of trouble finding the metaphors. There should be at least 5. I've found two: "...cigarette which is my bravery" and "...as if he were my enemy or my death".

• Answer:

  First of all, "...as if he were,etc" is a simile--similes are denoted by words" like", "as," and "than" Metaphors:can think of in this way-equating 2 entities that are basically unalike Personification--a special and limited form of metaphor which gives something not human the qualities of a human being EX: The sun smiled..the sky frowned In above poem: the way he creaks in the saddle > he=cowboy he blasts off > he =rocket traffic is specific ("specific" usu. means exact and/or limited / something that can be " pinned down" like instructions, location BUT traffic cannot be specific b/c it moves in unpredictable ways and numbers --it canNOT be pinned down) levis bake> levis= bread, cake, etc Can you take it from there? Remember not to confuse metaphor with personification--unless you state the word or phrase is this subtype of metaphor. Good luck to you!