Question

What poetic devices were used in the poem 'Someone' by Walter De La Mare?

Answer 1

Answer:

He uses a consistent rhyme scheme in which every other line rhymes. However, while he uses strong rhymes of single-syllable words for most of the poem, he ends the poem on a near rhyme—stone/gone—which is a technique that creates less certainty and corresponds to the unresolved feeling the poem imparts.