Poetry Analysis

1. Figures of speech:
- Simile: His hair is dark as the hyacinth blossom.
- Metaphor: Flame-colored are his wings.
- Personification: The oak tree shook it's head.
- Alliteration: She sat silently. 'Tis true; 'tis true
- Assonance: As the shadow of a rose. (x2)
- Consonance (repetition of consonants within words)
- Apostrophe (talking directly to a person: alive or dead)
- Hyperbole (exageration)
- Oxymoron: Sound of Silence

* Symbolism

* Imagery (senses)
- hearing
- seeing
- smelling
- touching
- tasting

* Level of language
- slang
- informal
- formal

*Irony

*Pun