In “heat,” h. d. uses alliteration when she repeats the p sound in “presses up” and “points of pears.” how does this use of alliteration affect the poem’s meaning? it shows readers that, despite her complaints, the speaker actually appreciates how the heat cradles the pears. it reminds readers that the speaker is trying to grab the pears and eat them in the hope of finding relief from the heat. it demonstrates that the heat has been misunderstood by the speaker as a negative force when, in fact, it is a positive force. it draws attention to the image of heat's exerting pressure on things, which suggest discomfort or claustrophobia.

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.