Rehtorical Devices In Black Hawk's Farewell Speech

In black hawks farewell speech by black hawk, black hawk uses rehtorical devices such as diction to describe battles like "the bullets flew like birds in the air, and whizzed by our ears like the wind through the trees in the winter". Here black hawk clearly describes as to how he felt while fighting the white men, and to give a personal input to why he lost against the white men.

Black hawk also conveyed a sense of bravery even in the face of his defeat. He even goes as far to say that he can stand the torture that is inflicted upon him and his countrymen as he did nothing wrong and is not afraid of death.

Next black hawks tone is that of being a very intellectual person who accepts being beat but will stand by his ethos wich supports his