• 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

Heart, fear nothing, for, heart, thou shalt find her—

Next time, herself!—not the trouble behind her

Here, “heart” is personified with human emotion “fear”

• 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.

Room after room,

And door succeess door;

Here, the words “room” and “door” are repeated in the same line for the sake of emphasis. It is also called palligogy.

• 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 the device in the following lines.

Room after room,

I hunt the house through

Heart, fear nothing, for

Yon looking-glass gleamed at

• Imagery:

Imagery is a literary device, where the writer tries to create the picture in the minds of the readers through his words.

The poet has used this device in the following lines.

Visual imagery:

Yon looking-glass gleamed at the wave of her feather.

Olfactory Imagery:

Left in the curtain, the couch’s perfume!

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