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What are the poetic devices used in “The Voice of the Rain” by Walt Whitman?
Personification - Giving human qualities. Eg: "I am the Poem of the Earth" , "I descend to lave the droughts" , "I give back life to my own origin". Imagery - Phrase that creates image in the readers mind. Eg: "soft-falling shower". Metaphor - Comparison b/w two objects without using like or as. Eg:Read more
- Personification – Giving human qualities. Eg: “I am the Poem of the Earth” , “I descend to lave the droughts” , “I give back life to my own origin”.
- Imagery – Phrase that creates image in the readers mind. Eg: “soft-falling shower”.
- Metaphor – Comparison b/w two objects without using like or as. Eg: “I am the poem of the Earth”.
- Hyperbole – Exaggeration ofaomething to give great effect. Eg: Bottomless sea.
- Antithesis – Opposites on same line. Eg: “day and night”,”Reck’d or unreck’d”.
- Alliteration – Repetition of consonant letters/sounds at the beginning of two or more words within a line. Eg: “soft-falling shower” etc…
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