His eyes life seemed to be quite loving and warm in

his eyes, life seemed to be quite loving and warm
in his childhood, a childhood he misses dearly.
● Imagery: This is created by the use of the following
simile: “ I weep like a child.” Imagery affects the
tone, and the simile reinforces the idea that the
speaker is withdrawing to his childhood.
● Personification: The speaker uses the following
literary device to create an emotionally stirring
image of the depth of his nostalgia: “The heart of
me weeps.”
● Effect of sound devices: This is created by the use
of an onomatopoeia in the following line: “ A child
sitting under the piano, in the boom of the tingling

strings.”
● Rhythm/Rhyme: In the following three stanzas of
the poem, a rhyming couplet structure is found.
Just like the poem, the piano itself is a symbol of
rhythmic emotion.
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Attitude-
Examine both the
speaker's and the poet’s
attitudes.
When one studies the attitude within a certain poem,
he/she must first understand as well as study the tone of
the speaker/poet. The speaker’s tone seems to be one of
sadness and longing, as shown by the following lines;
“The heart of me weeps,” “I weep like a child,” and “The
glamour of childish days is upon me.”
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Shifts-
Note shifts in speaker,
attitudes and their
possible links to the
poem’s meaning.