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What are the poetic Devices in the poem Theme For English B?

What are the poetic Devices in the poem Theme For English B?
American PoetryLangston HughesTheme for English B

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      1. Consonance: Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in the same line. For example, the sound of /r/ in “I am twenty-two, colored, born in Winston-Salem” and the sound of /n/ in “Eighth Avenue, Seventh, and I come to the Y”.
      2. Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in the same line. For example, the sound of /i/ in “I like a pipe for a Christmas present”.
      3. Alliteration: Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in the same line in quick succession. For example, the sound of /b/ in “or records—Bessie, bop, or Bach” and the sound of /h/ in “I feel and see and hear, Harlem, I hear you”.
      4. Imagery: Imagery is used to make readers perceive things involving their five senses. For example, “up to my room, sit down, and write this page”, “This is my page for English B” and “So will my page be colored that I write.”
      5. Rhetorical Question: Rhetorical question is a statement that is asked to receive an answer. It is just posed to make the point clear. For example, “I wonder if it’s that simple?”
      6. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. For example, “And let that page come out of you.”
      7. Anaphora: It refers to the repetition of a word or expression in the first part of some verses. Here, ‘part of you’ is repeated in the final stanza. “Yet a part of me, as I am a part of you./ That’s American./ Sometimes perhaps you don’t want to be a part of me./ Nor do I often want to be a part of you.”

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