Question

what are the poetic device in the ballad of a legend of the Northland​

Answer 1

assonance (repetition of vowel sounds)--line 1: "Away, away..." consonance (repetition of consonant sounds)--stanza 2: swift, sledge, snow. allusion (reference to a historical or literary person or event)--Saint Peter. simile (a comparison using like or as)--stanza 1: the children look like bears' cubs.