In the poem Out of the Blue, certain language techniques and structure is used to show pathos, which is a strong emotion. The pathos in this poem is desperation. In stanza three, lines one to 4, the person in this scenario, which is written in first person they say “And when will you come? Do you think you are watching, watching a man shaking crumbs or pegging out washing”. There are a few reasons why i have picked out this stanza. one of these reasons is the use of enjambment between line 2 and 3, “Do you think you are watching, watching a man shaking crumbs”.

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