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  1. Personification: Throughout the poem, the country America is personified to be a woman, as can be seen from the continuous usage of the word ‘she’. Alliteration: A couple of examples would be ‘bread of bitterness’ and ‘tiger’s tooth’. Metaphor: An example would be where ‘cultured hell’ which is usedRead more

    1. Personification: Throughout the poem, the country America is personified to be a woman, as can be seen from the continuous usage of the word ‘she’.
    2. Alliteration: A couple of examples would be ‘bread of bitterness’ and ‘tiger’s tooth’.
    1. Metaphor: An example would be where ‘cultured hell’ which is used by the persona to denote America.

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  1. The central idea of this poem is love and hate. Both these emotions are juxta-positioned together to bring out the feelings the persona has for their country America.   America

    The central idea of this poem is love and hate. Both these emotions are juxta-positioned together to bring out the feelings the persona has for their country America.

     

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