1. Personification: A poetic device where animals, plants, or even inanimate objects, are given human qualities. For example, “waving so flower-like”.
2. Alliteration: The repetition of the same letter sound across the start of several words in a line of text. For example, “Ceaseless content”.
3. Metaphor: A common poetic device where an object in, or the subject of, a poem is described as being the same as another otherwise unrelated object. For example, “Into the moonlight”.

The Fountain Summary

In the poem ‘The Fountain’ by James Russell Lowell, the fountain serves as a source of inspiration to the poet. The poet describes the motion of the fountain during sunlight and moonshine that inspires him to achieve his highest goals in life. He wishes to be happy and cheerful in all situations of life just like the fountain. The poet wishes to imbibe the qualities of cheerfulness, freshness, constancy, and tamelessness from the fountain and use them for the betterment of his own work.

The Fountain Summary