- "they are the North that my magnet soul / yearns to always touch" compares the speaker's parents to a magnetic north, drawing the speaker towards them.
Simile:
- "They sit in twin chairs like bookends / holding our lives together" compares the parents to bookends, suggesting their role in keeping the family together.
Alliteration:
- The repetition of the "h" sound in "holding our lives together" adds emphasis to the idea of the parents holding the family together.
Assonance:
- The repetition of the "i" sound in the lines "in twin chairs like bookends" and "They give me my dreams on silver platters" creates a sense of unity and harmony in the poem.
Parallelism:
- The parallel structure of the lines "They are the North that my magnet soul" and "They sit in twin chairs like bookends" reinforces the comparison of the parents to magnetic North and bookends.