The author used some figurative language and sound devices in the poem. Such as hyperbole, the author wrote "you may kill me with your hatefulness". The author exaggerated the event of someone killing her with their hatefulness. because nobody can actually kill some one with their hate, but the feeling of being hated is killing her.This helped us visualize the scene and emphasize how harmful would it be to feel hated. Another example is rhyme scheme. The rhyme scheme of the poem is (A,B,C,B). The rhyme scheme gives a musical,songlike and lyric sound to the poem. There are also rhyming words in the poem. Such as, "lies" and "rise". These rhyming word also give a musical, songlike and lyric sound to the poem.