poem reflection

I’m studying and need help with a Literature question to help me learn.

Reading reflection

A quote reflection should be a close reading of your selected quotation. What literary devices does the writer use? Are there repeated words or sounds? What do you notice if you read the quotation aloud? How do these details affect your reading of the broader text? As you start to notice patterns, ask what they are doing. Even a short quotation can provide a jumping off point for a more complex reading of your text.

“Sometimes when you have worked day and night,

dog tired, and want to have a good sleep

after a shower and an extra nightcap,

they come. They change the color of your dream:

you moan for the wounds on your body,

you weep for the fates of others.

Only now you dare to fight back with your hands,

but a “bang” or an “ouch”

brings you back to silence and sleeplessness again.” (Stanza 4, They Come, by Ha Jin (1996))

The attachment is the whole poem and a previous example of what a poem reflection should look like.