Sounds: Note the alliteration: curvam cambagibus...contorsit perhaps emphsizing the size of the belly by joining the sounds of the words describing with ths literary tool.
Word Order: Note the example of synchesis (interlocked word order) validis ingentem viribus hastam this illustrates how the spear was infused with forceful power
Imagery: curvam campagibus alvum-the belly curved with seems provides a vivid image for the how the horse must have looked.
Mood: Aeneas shows his frustration at the inability of the Trojans to see the horse for what it was there by preventing the history of things to come
Theme: How the Trojans should have seen the horse for what it was but because of events beyond their control their fate was sealed.
Allusions: using feri to stand in for the horse (Metonymy) using the word feri or wild beast to represent the horse illustrates the danger of the horse to the civilization of Troy.
Grammar: Note the grammar of the word fatus in line 50. The PPP serves as your subject as it is utilized as a substantive adjective. Having spoken thus. Note also that fatus is a deponent verb.
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