1. Alliteration: The poet uses two words with a similar consonant sound, next to each other in the same line. In line one, “say so” is an example of alliteration in this poem.
2. Personification: The poet gives human qualities to something inhuman, in this poem the poet uses the word “yearn” to describe the sea in line two.
3. Enjambment: The poet breaks one thought into multiple lines for better poetic effect. In this poem, The thought of stanza one is continued in the first line of stanza two.
4. Allusion: In stanza two, line 12, the poet alludes to the Greek Mythological figure Achilles. This allusion is later extended to line 13, that is the first line of the last stanza.

Dream Song 14: Life, friends, is boring Summary