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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.


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