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  1. Alliteration: The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. For example, “But clouds that sail across the sky.” Repetition: The use of the same word or phrase multiple times. For example, “rivers” ends two of the lines, as does “sky.” Anaphora: TRead more

    1. Alliteration: The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. For example, “But clouds that sail across the sky.”
    2. Repetition: The use of the same word or phrase multiple times. For example, “rivers” ends two of the lines, as does “sky.”
    3. Anaphora: The repetition of a word or sequence of words at the beginning of successive clauses, phrases, or sentences. For example, “prettier far than these”.

    The Rainbow Summary

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  1. The poem ‘The Rainbow’ is about nature. Here the poet compares the beauty of nature and man-made beauty. She finds that beauty created by nature is prettier than man-made beauty. The clouds that sail across the sky Are prettier than boats sailing on rivers and ships sailing on the seas. But the rainRead more

    The poem ‘The Rainbow’ is about nature. Here the poet compares the beauty of nature and man-made beauty. She finds that beauty created by nature is prettier than man-made beauty. The clouds that sail across the sky Are prettier than boats sailing on rivers and ships sailing on the seas. But the rainbow is prettier than all the pretty things that sail on the rivers.

    The Rainbow Summary

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