| 1) This poem has a clear AB rhyme scheme. In each stanza, every other line rhymes.
2) Repetition is evident, particularly with this phrase, "Oh! call my brother back!"
3) Imagery - the floral imagery weaves its way through the entire poem.
4) Simile - In the 4th stanza: "The face . . . LIKE springtime.
5) Metaphor - In the 5th stanza, the brother's life is compared to a rose. |