Since the speaker compares himself to a night owl and Wilson to an early bird without the usage of the words "like" or "as", this is an example of metaphor. The reader is obviously not actually a night owl, but is merely saying that he's more active at night.
A description. the author describes what the lake in its natural state is like to prove his point that it is better naturally then when man or the governments interference
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