Metaphor: This can be considered the most glaring of the poetic devices found in this poem. The entire poem compares the ‘sea’to a ‘dog’, thus consisting of a running metaphor. 2. Onomatopoeia: This poem has a lot of words that are the same as their sounds. A couple of examples would be ‘clashing’,Read more
- Metaphor:
This can be considered the most glaring of the poetic devices found in this poem. The entire poem compares the ‘sea’to a ‘dog’, thus consisting of a running metaphor.
2. Onomatopoeia:
This poem has a lot of words that are the same as their sounds. A couple of examples would be ‘clashing’, ‘gnaws’ and ‘sniffs’.
3. Repetition:
The poem has two such examples for added examples. They are: ‘‘Bones, bones, bones, bones!’ and ‘So quiet, so quiet’.
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This is a short, lyric poem. It is divided into three stanzas of varying length. Its rhyme scheme too varies. The first stanza has the rhyme scheme of a bb cc ddd c. The second stanza has f ghhg while the third has iii c jj. The Sea Summary
This is a short, lyric poem. It is divided into three stanzas of varying length. Its rhyme scheme too varies. The first stanza has the rhyme scheme of a bb cc ddd c. The second stanza has f ghhg while the third has iii c jj.
The Sea Summary
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