hotel room, 12th floor

• a helicopter skirting like a damaged insect


  simile: noise + uneven flying of a small insect is compared to a larger helicopter, making it scarier
• jumbo sized dentist drill


  imagery: empire state building is compared to a large drill poking fun of its shape and size, whilst acknowledging how terrifying it can look
• midnight has come in


  metaphor + personification: midnight is being characterised with human characteristics and monster traits
• from foreign places


  metaphor: 'midnight' has finished conquering other places, and is now moving to NYC
• uncivilised darkness


  metaphor: it has no manners like a person due to the violence it brings
• shot at by a million lit windows


  metaphor: light from windows are attempting to counter the darkness and dangers in the dark
• all ups and crosses


  metaphor: light is coming from all directions
• but midnight is not / so easily defeated


  personification: midnight is strong
• between / a radio and television set


  parenthesis + juxtaposition: the commas around the quote gives us extra info to make a contrast between the modern and primitive world outside
• wildest of warwhoops


  word choice + onomatopoeia: mimics the primitive noises made during violence
• ululating


  word choice: echoing
• glittering canyons


  word choice: illuminated city
• gulches


  word choice: urban landscape
• racing


  word choice: police and ambulances need to be as fast as possible as there are many people to attend to
• broken bones

  synecdoche + alliteration: they mean broken bones in humans, not just broken bones, and the repeated 'b' makes it more memorable
• coldwater flats


  juxtaposition: contrast between the luxurious 12th floor flat and average flat
• blood / glazed on the sidewalks


  metaphor: evidence of crime is always visible in the city
• the frontier is never / somewhere else


  metaphor + enjambment: crime cannot be stopped, and it's everywhere, the new line emphasises 'never'
• no stockades / can keep the midnight out


  metaphor: no barriers can stop danger from coming