Literary Devices/Techniques
Leaped out at the boy’s hand
Personification
As if to prove saws knew what supper meant
Personification
At the word, the saw,
As if to prove saws knew what supper meant,
Leaped out at the boy’s hand, or seemed to leap
(focus on punctuation)
enjambment
Neither refused the meeting.
Euphemism: more mild way to say the cut saw cutting into the boy's hand
Supper
Irony: Supper -> warm, comforting, and safe present sharp contrast to upcoming accident