* "She took me to her elfin grot" (the woman is compared to an elf, and her home is compared to a grotto)
* "She lulled me with her song" (the woman's singing is compared to a lullaby)
* Personification:
* "The sedge has withered from the lake" (the sedge is given human qualities, such as the ability to wither)
* "And the willow-wood is withered too" (the willow wood is also given human qualities, such as the ability to wither)
* Alliteration:
* "Amid the acacias and the aloes" (the repetition of the letter "a" creates a soothing, flowing sound)
* "In a dream as deep as doom" (the repetition of the letter "d" creates a sense of darkness and foreboding)
* Assonance:
* "I set her on my pacing steed" (the repetition of the long "e" sound creates a sense of movement and urgency)
* "As if she feared she would be missed" (the repetition of the short "i" sound creates a sense of anxiety and fear)
* Consonance:
* "And on her hair a coronal" (the repetition of the "n" sound creates a sense of beauty and grace)
* "With many a light foot fall" (the repetition of the "f" sound creates a sense of delicacy and輕盈)