Blessing
Language - onomatopoeia
"echo" "drip"- helps the audience to imagine the blessed sound of a drop of water.
Language - imagery
"imagine the drip of it" - challenges the readers to picture the hope of water.
Language - metaphor
"silver crashes to the ground." - silver is a precious metal to show the value of water.
Language - emotive language
"small bones" This emphasizes that the children could be malnourished. This also links back to the first line as it says "their skin cracks like a pod."
Language - simile and onomaopeia
"the skin cracks like a pod" "cracks" emphasizes the drought and need for water. - establishes the setting of the poem.
Language - metaphor
"the sudden rush" - presents water as a valuable thing, a representation of luck.
Language - metaphor
"the voice of a kindly god." - shows the value of water.
Language - emotive language
"there never is enough water." emphasizes the drought and need for water.