... help them make their case. These witnesses were notinvolved in the crime, but they have expertise that can help the jurors determine the guilt or innocence of the defen-dant. Similarly, in many ... that the poem suggests loss by the repetition of the short i sound, known as a phonetic intensive, in line 4 (thin, splinter, singing). You can also explainhow metaphor is used to emphasize the ... emphasize the same theme, and show evidence by quoting the last line, which describes the voice of the last cricket by comparing it to a thin splinter. The voice of the last cricketacross the first frostis...