- "But a chief of Ulva's isle" (l. 1)
- "In tears she rode away" (l. 12)
- "They plucked the fairest flower" (l. 15)
Assonance:
- "And the waves beside them danced" (l. 3)
- "But there comes no chief to woo her" (l. 10)
- "And they bear her back a corpse" (l. 18)
Consonance:
- "The Ullin chiefs had gathered round" (l. 2)
- "But still the boatmen hear her cry" (l. 17)
- "And sad and silent Roderick stands" (l. 19)
Metaphor:
- "She is a flower that decks the waste" (l. 14)
Personification:
- "The waves beside them danced" (l. 3)
- "The winds and waves are singing loud" (l. 16)
- "And sad and silent Roderick stands" (l. 19)
Simile:
- "She is like a rose in June" (l. 15)
- "And she lies like a corpse on the clay" (l. 18)
Hyperbole:
- "But there comes no chief to woo her" (l. 10)
- "And they bear her back a corpse" (l. 18)
- "And sad and silent Roderick stands" (l. 19)