He put himself in uniform, made one for
his five-year-old son, and marched with
the infant from dawn till noon every
market day, on the main road singing
'Kayiwawa beturi...

The persona in the excerpt above is portrayed as

He is a faithful liar
The line above is an example of

Fights by the book of arithmetic
The figure of speech in the line above is

"Lift not the painted veil which those who live
call life:through unreal shapes be pictured there,
And it mimic all we would believe
With colors idly spread,-behind, lurk fear.'

P.B. Shelley:Sonnet

The stanza above is an example of a