"rose candles flicker on the lilac wall" is an example of *

metaphor
personification
imagery

metaphor because a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

the narrator closes the lantern tightly so the old man is

not awakened by the bright light

explanation:

the difference of the poems of walt whitman and emily dickinson is that whitman uses personification, whereas dickinson avoids figurative language. whitman incorporates transcendentalism and realism in his works. on the other hand, dickinson's poems talks about death and immortality.