• Alliteration:

Alliteration is a literary device in which certain sounds are repeated at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase.

The poet Stevenson has used this device in the following lines.

Under the wide and starry sky,

Glad did I live and gladly die,

• Repetition:

Repetition is a literary device where a certain word or phrase is repeated multiple times to emphasise the word or to create a rhythm.

The poet Stevenson has used this device in the following lines.

Home is the sailor, home from sea,

    And the hunter home from the hill.”

Here, the word “home” is repeated.

• Metaphor:

Metaphor is a literary device where two unrelated objects are compared to each other.

The poet Stevenson has used this device in the following lines.

Home is the sailor, home from sea,

    And the hunter home from the hill.”

Here, the speaker of the poem is compared to a sailor who returns home from sea. While the next line compares the speaker to a hunter who returns home from the hill.

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