Modes you would utilize to convince the reader of your character

Changing the sentence structure and how quickly events unfold in a story can affect which literally element?

You seal resign myself to you also i guess what you mean, i behold from the beach your crooked inviting fingers, i believe you refuse to go back without feeling of me, we must have a turn together, i undress, hurry me out of sight of the land, cushion me soft, rock me in billowy drowse, dash me with amorous wet, i can repay you. in this excerpt from "song of myself," which literary device does whitman use to address the sea? alliteration allusion apostrophe onomatopoeia

In 250 words, discuss the ways in which the novel relates to the historical context in which it was published.