brooklyn cop

• built like a gorilla but less timid


  simile: 'like' shows the similarities between the cop and gorilla
• thickfleshed


  word choice: he's big and not easy to hurt
• steakcoloured


  word choice: he's coloured
• hieroglyphs


  word choice: tattoos or scars
• thin tissue over violence


  metaphor: violence is always near and ready to break out
• "see you, babe"


  juxtaposition + caesura: contrasts to his scary figure, the pause highlights 'babe'
• he hoped it, he truly hoped it


  repetition: exaggerates his desire to live
• he is a gorilla


  metaphor: dehumanises him, more bold than a simile
• "hiya, honey"


  caesura: the pause highlights 'honey'
• tissue tear


  metaphor: violence breaking out
• plunge through


  word choice: very sudden + unexpected
• between phoebe's whamburger and louie's place


  juxtaposition: contrasts between violence and a fast food restaurant
• gorilla with a nightstick


  metaphor: he is a strong guy with a weapon
• this time


  parenthesis + word choice: he's put himself in danger many times, so his safety is never guaranteed
• victims


  word choice: ironic that a policeman has victims, suggests cops use violence just as much as criminals