Personification: Personification is a poetic device where animals, plants or even inanimate objects are given human qualities. The poet has used this device in the following lines. O wind, that sings so loud a song! Here, the “wind” is personified. Alliteration: Alliteration is a literary device inRead more
- Personification:
Personification is a poetic device where animals, plants or even inanimate objects are given human qualities.
The poet has used this device in the following lines.
O wind, that sings so loud a song!
Here, the “wind” is personified.
- Alliteration:
Alliteration is a literary device in which certain sounds are repeated at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase.
The poet has used this device in the following lines.
O wind, that sings so loud a s
song!
I saw the different things you did,
- Apostrophe:
Apostrophe is a literary device where a person addresses someone who cannot respond.
The poet has used this device in the following lines.
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!
Here, the speaker is addressing the wind, which cannot respond back or hear the words of the speaker.
- 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 has used this device in the following lines.
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!
These two lines are repeated at regular intervals of time in the poem.
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The poem “The Wind” follows the rhyme scheme of AABBCC throughout the poem. I saw you toss the kites on high And blow the birds about the sky; And all around I heard you pass, Like ladies' skirts across the grass— O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song! The laRead more
The poem “The Wind” follows the rhyme scheme of AABBCC throughout the poem.
I saw you toss the kites on high
And blow the birds about the sky;
And all around I heard you pass,
Like ladies’ skirts across the grass—
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!
The last two lines of each stanza are repeated throughout the poem. This literary device is known as refrain.
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!
The Wind Summary
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