... of alliteration in the poem and they add to the overall atmosphere. When considered in the context of "Limbo", they give the steady beat of drums as a beat for the dance. Assonance is also used in this poem; it can be founding phrases such as "long dark night is silence in front of me" the assonance is in the words "night" and "silence" where the "I" are matching. Consonance also appears in this phrase, it can be found in the words "long", "silence" and also in "front". The "n" sound is found in "long" and "front", the sound can also be located in "silence". The overall effect of these two terms gives the impression of a sinister ship or a place where there is no good. Unusually in this poem, there is no punctuation whatsoever, there are a few reasons for why I think this but the most probable ...

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