Analyzing The Poem 'Eight O' Clock

1. The poem “Eight O’Clock” carries a great amount of alliteration, including internal alliteration throughout. In the first line, it includes initial alliteration, “He stood and heard the steeple” (578) it repeats the constant sounds of s by using the words stood and steeple in the same line. Initial alliteration also appears in lines 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the poem. In lines 6 and 7 include internal alliteration (internally on stressed syllables) by repeating ck sound by using the words counted, cursed, and like line 6. By using alliteration it emphasizes the theme of time.
2. In the poem “God’s Grandeur” includes internal rhymes like “men/then, seared/bleared/smeared, wears/bears” along with many more. The line “All is seared with trade, bleared,