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What are the literary devices used in the poem The Snake Trying?

What are the literary devices used in the poem The Snake Trying?

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  1. Following poetic devices/figures of speech are used in the poem The Snake Trying:

    1. Transferred Epithet: It is an adjective that qualifies a noun. In the poem, the word “pursuing stick” refers to the person who is holding the stick and is determined to kill the snake.
    2. Alliteration: It is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. e.g. “he is harmless”.
    3. Personification: It is the attribution of human characteristics to animals and non-living things. e.g. in the poem the poet refers the snake using the pronoun “he” which is used for humans.

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