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b. How does the use of literary devices describe the mood in this poem?

The use of literary devices describes the mood by showing the emotions of the people in the poem.

In the second stanza, the father is said to be crying. And, in stanza 5, the mother is coughing out "angry tearless sighs". The poet was able to use metaphors and other literary devices to describe the mood.

Thus, the use of literary devices describes the mood by showing the emotions of the people in the poem.