Dust is compared with several things: "gentlemen," "ladies," "lads," "girls," "laughter," "ability," "sighing," "frocks," and "curls." The way that dust is compared makes it equal with each of these things. This is a device called
couplet
refrain
metaphor
simile
--A phrase which expresses the purpose or nature of an organization, such as a motto.
legal will
policy
slogan
film review
--The attempts the person makes to fall asleep are compared to useless pride; this particular comparison of two unlike things is called
refrain
simile
metaphor
alliteration
--For whatever we lose (like a you or a me)
it's always ourselves we find in the sea.
The last two lines of the poem make a statement about people; this term is called a(n)
allusion
theme
simile
refrain
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