Alliteration:

Alliteration is a literary device in which certain sounds are repeated at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase.

The poet Hood has used this poetic device in the following lines.

“I remember, I remember,”

“Had borne my breath away!”

“The roses, red and white,”

“Those flowers made of light!/ The lilacs where the robin built,”

“My spirit flew in feathers then,”

Assonance:

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together in a sentence or verse. 

The poet Hood has used this poetic device in the following lines.

“And summer pools could hardly cool”

 “Came peeping in at morn”

Here, one can find the repetition of vowel sounds “i” and “oo” in these lines.

Enjambment:

Enjambment is a literary device that allows a thought to multiple lines. It has no ending punctuation and allows the poet to manipulate the rhythm of the lines by going against an expected pattern in the poem. The poet Hood has used this poetic device in the following lines.

The little window where the sun

Came peeping in at morn;

But now, I often wish the night

Had borne my breath away!

Repetition:

Repetition is a literary device where a certain word or phrase is repeated multiple times to emphasise the word or to create a rhythm.

The poet Hood has used this poetic device in the following lines.

The poet opens the poem by

“I remember, I remember”

which is repeated at each stanza of the poem.In the same way the pronoun “I” is repeated throughout the poem.

Anaphora:

Anaphora is a literary device that uses the repetition of short phrases or single words at the beginning of clauses or sentences to enhance rhythm.

The poet Hood has used this poetic device in the following lines.

I remember, I remember,

The phrase “I remember” is repeated at each stanza to create emphasis over the subject matter.

Personification:

Personification is a poetic device where animals, plants or even inanimate objects are given human qualities.

The poet Hood has used this poetic device in the following lines.

The little window where the sun

Came peeping in at morn;

He never came a wink too soon,

Nor brought too long a day,

Here, the sun is personified.

I Remember, I Remember Summary

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