* Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words, as in "stark," "unutterably," and "pity."
* Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds within a series of words, as in "dead" and "never."
* Personification: The attribution of human qualities to an inanimate object or abstract concept, as in "my city."
Type of Poetry
The poem is a sonnet, a 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme. This particular sonnet is a Shakespearean sonnet, which follows the ABAB CDCD EFEF GG rhyme scheme.