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What are the Poetic Devices of the Poem A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning?

What are the Poetic Devices of the Poem A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning?
A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning PoemEnglish PoetryJohn Donne

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    2. MANSI VERMA
      1.  Alliteration: A couple of examples would be ‘To tell the laity our love’, and ‘fixed foot’.
      2.  Simile: An example would be when the poet states that their love would expand ‘like gold to airy thinness beat’.
      3.  Metaphor: The extended metaphor of ‘twin compasses’ is employed to describe the relationship between the poet and his beloved wife.

       

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