Read the lines from a midsummer night's dream and answer the question. brief as the lightning in the collied night that, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, and ere a man hath power to say, 'behold! ' the jaws of darkness do devour it up. which sentence best describes the personification used in the above excerpt? the darkness of night is given human characteristics. the darkness of night is compared to lightning. the human jaw is compared to the darkness of night. the jaws are black as the night.