Question

a) Who does the poet address in the poem? Name the poetic device used in line 1. *

Answer 1

Answer:

The poetic device that is used in the line is "alliteration".

• The use of the same letter or the same sound at the start of adjacent words is known as alliteration.

• In the given line alliteration is used with the words "saved some".

• He has used this word to rescue him from something he has done and is now regretting it.