What is an example of a literary device used in the poem "This Day in History" by Bert Almon?

Bert Almon
uses the literary device ofwhen he writes in this poem that:

the sun rose blue over Great Britain.

Imagery is
description that uses the five senses of sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. In this case,
Almon illustrates the interconnectedness of events across the globe. It is forest fires in the
west of Canada that cause the sun to look blue in Great Britain, a nation on the other side of
the world. "Blue" is a visual image and a startling color to use to describe the
sunwhich we usually associate with colors such as yellow, orange, and red. Poetic images often
challenge our perception in this way.

"Blue" also can act as ain
this context. A pun is a word with a double meaning. Not only might the sun appear blue because
of the haze produced half a world away by fires, the word "blue" can also mean to be
sad or depressed; thus, the sun can also be personified (assigned human attributes) as sad
because of the fires.

When Almon writes:

whose labour I lift on my fork

he uses the
literary device of . Alliteration occurs when two words in close proximity begin with the same
consonant. In this case, "labour" and "lift" begin with "l,"
creating a sense of rhythm as we read the line.