All have an effect on how the reader understands the meaning of the poem and how the message of the poem is conveyed. Repetition is used in the second and fourth lines of Because She Would Ask Me Why I Loved Her, to draw the reader's attention to the repeated words and make them appreciate more the meaning of the lines that contain this repetition. The verse in lines 1 and 2 says, “If questioning made us wise / No eye would ever look us in the eye.” The repetition is of the word “eyes” and it draws attention to the line; which means that if they asked themselves why they loved each other, they would never look at each other the same way again (they would no longer be together). This is a very important message that is conveyed throughout the poem, which is why the use of repetition is so important. Personification is used in the last line of the first stanza, where she describes the kiss as two “wandering” mouths: “No mouth would wander each to each. » This connection between a human action and lips, which cannot actually walk, is a way for the author to describe the kiss in a more descriptive way that gives interest and depth to the poem. Assonance is also used to modify the flow of a line, as is the case in the first line of the final stanza: "So don't look, my sweet, for the 'If' and the 'Why'." Both “Seek” and “sweet” contain the “ee” sound, as well as alliteration, to change the flow of the line and cause the reader to read that line in a certain way. The fact that the lines of a poem flow easily together makes it coherent and complete. Finally, alliteration is used in this poem to emphasize these words and the meaning of the line to which they belong: “For I must love because I live.” This third line of the last stanza contains the “L” sound repeated at the beginning of the two most important words in this line, which