The literary device that makes this poem most enjoyable to me is the universality. This poem is relatable to anyone who reads it because all kids are mean to their parents when they are young and ignorant. Even on a more surface level, everyone can relate to having some kind of regret in their life. Everyone has at least one thing that they can look back years ago and still feel a pang of guilt about. In the thirteenth line, Hayen dedicates eight syllables and one whole line to a question--without an answer. Almost as if he is talking to himself he writes, “What did I know, what did I know.” As the ending of the poem approaches, he reflects back on the scene he has just created. He is asks himself where his brain and heart were throughout