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Consonance
The words snag and wrangle have the same sounds in them.
Alliteration would be first fairly frequent letters lighting limply on the page.
Rhyme is just like time because we all like lime.
Repetition is going, going, going every step of the way.
Good leaders treat everyone the same.
In the story the goatherd treats the wild goats better than his own goats in hopes of enticing them to stay with him and his flock. He gives them more food than his own goats. The Wild Goats see the difference and how he treats the goats that have been with him the longest and refuse to stay. They believe that the goatherd will treat them poorly when they are apart of his flock, so they don't want to stay with him. The goatherd learns that he should've treated everyone equally and then the Wild Goats would've seen the care with which he usually treats his flock and may have chosen differently.
I'm completely sure that line given above elevates the mood by depicting heroism in grief.