1. Metaphor – metaphor is used when the poet makes an indirect comparison between two things without using the words “like” and “as”. In this poem, the poet compares God’s greatness to electricity and oil.
2. Simile – simile is used when the poet makes a direct comparison between two things by using the words “like” and “as”. In this poem, the poet compares the effect of God’s grandeur to electricity in the line “It will flame out, like shining from a shook foil” and also in the line “ It gather to greatness, like the ooze of oil”.
3. Alliteration – alliteration is used when a consonant or a sound is repeated in a line. In the poem, the sound /g/ is repeated in “It gathers to greatness”, the sound /d/ is repeated in “dearest freshness deep down things”.
4. Anaphylaxis – anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase in a line or a stanza. In the first stanza the phrase “have trod” is repeated three times.

God’s Grandeur Summary