- Anadiplosis: The repetition of a word at the end of a line and at the beginning of the next: "_I said, '_I said _in the end'_"
- Assonance: The repetition of a vowel sound in nearby words: "_So I waited, waited, waited..."_
- Alliteration: The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words: "_So I stood in the streets in the stream..._"
- Consonance: The repetition of a consonant sound within a word: "_For there was a farther far off in France and a farther far off at front_"
- Rhetorical questions: A question that is asked without expecting an answer, often to emphasize a point or to create a certain effect: "_What right had he that night so late... / That he should come to her gate?"_
- Metonymy: Substituting a name or title of something closely associated with what it refers to: "_...when the trumpet sounded..."_ (Trumpet is substituted for "call to battle")