* "And yet—dear heart! you know not why, / I'll tell not why—except you be / As I am—one who feels, but can't express."
* "Your heart is like those withered leaves / That drop before their time."
* "Our hearts, like brittle glass, / Are broken at a breath."
Metaphors:
* "If I can stop one heart from breaking, / I shall not live in vain."
* "Hearts, like doors, will ope with ease / To very, very small keys."
* "Hope is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul"
Personification:
* "Hope sings the tune without the words / And never stops—at all."
* "And Death—he will not care— / Not he!"
* "The frost is here, / And ice is on the glass" (the frost and ice are personified as agents of winter)
Alliteration:
* "If I can stop one heart from breaking"
* "Your heart is like those withered leaves"
* "Our hearts, like brittle glass"
Assonance:
* "And yet—dear heart! you know not why"
* "I shall not live in vain"
* "Hearts, like doors, will ope with ease"
Consonance:
* "If I can stop one heart from breaking"
* "Your heart is like those withered leaves"
* "Our hearts, like brittle glass"