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Are there any literary devices in Jeremy by pearl jam?

Simile:

-"When I was born/I was screaming loud/Like a freight train howling..."

Extended Metaphor:

- "It comes to me in waves/It comes to me in dreams/It comes to me in whispers"

Personification:

- "The night consumes the day/The city screams my name"

Alliteration:

-"Like a freight train howling".

Enjambment:

- "The city screams my name/ And I can feel it in my bones/ The way it shakes the ground/ And I can hear it in the wind".

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