Begins the poem in a pleading tone by shouting "Milton!" This makes the reader believe that Wordsworth is anxious for Milton to return. His mood then becomes distressed by the loss of traditions and customs in his country, England. At the end of the poem Wordsworth's tone changes to admiration for Milton and the man he was. He uses the apostrophe in his poem directly addressing the late John Milton as in line seven when he states “Oh! raise us up, come back to us again.” Wordsworth uses similes in his writing when he says in line nine "Your soul was like a star", and in line ten "the sound was like the sea", and again in line eleven "Pure as the bare skies". He uses personification in lines two-three when he says “she is a swamp of stagnant waters” referring “she” to England. Symbolism is seen in the third and fourth lines, the altar represents religion, the sword represents the army, the pen represents literature, the hearth represents the home and the heroic richness of the hall and arbor represents the