Analyze the use of figurative and literal language, poetic techniques, and sound devices in this poem. Refer to specific lines in your answer.

Some of the figures of speech are:

1. Alliteration - the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

2. Metaphor - a comparison between unlike things without a comparative word such as like or as.

3. Personification - the knack of inanimate objects or abstract concepts with animate or living things.

4. Simile - a comparison between unlike things using a comparative word such as like or as.