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What are the Poetic Devices of the Poem Cut?

What are the Poetic Devices of the Poem Cut?

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  1. This poem has a myriad of poetic devices, some of which are as follows:

    1. Metaphor: The poem is filled with metaphors for the persona’s cut thumb. A couple of examples would be ‘Little pilgrim’, and ‘Trepanned veteran’.
    2. Simile: In the line ‘A flap like a hat’, the persona’s cut thumb is compared to a hat.
    3. Internal Rhyme: One example would be ‘pill to kill’.

     

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