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What are the poetic devices/figures of speech used in the poem Prayer of the Woods?

What are the poetic devices/figures of speech used in the poem Prayer of the Woods?

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    • Alliteration- The repeating of similar starting consonant sounds in subsequent or closely linked syllables is known as alliteration. e.g, I am the beam that holds your house, The board of your table, the bed on which you lie, And the timber that builds your
    • Synecdoche- Synecdoche is a sort of metonymy in which a term for a portion of something is used to refer to the entire item. E.g, I am the bread of kindness.
    • Metaphor- A metaphor is a figure of speech that explicitly alludes to one thing by referencing another for rhetorical effect. E.g, I am the heat of your hearth, I am the beam, I am the handle, I am the bread

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