There is the use of enjambment (when sentences carry on to the next line) this may indicate the poets continuous thought of his 'first love.'
ABAB rhyme scheme
Simile-'her face it bloomed like a sweet flower'
Dramatic irony- 'Are flower's the winters choice' One knows that flowers don't grow in Winter, however Clare doesn't.
Oxymoron-'silent voice'
Personification-'my heart has left its dwelling place...'
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