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What Are The Poetic Devices Of The Poem I Being Born A Woman And Distressed?

What Are The Poetic Devices Of The Poem I Being Born A Woman And Distressed?
American PoetryEdna St. Vincent MillayI Being Born A Woman And Distressed

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      1. Alliteration: It means to use initial consonants in successive words. The sonnet shows the use of consonant sounds, such as /b/ in “being born” or /m/ in “me make” or /w/ in “when we.”

      2. Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in the same line, such as the sound of /i/ in “Am urged by your propinquity to find” and the sound of /o/ in “To bear your body’s weight upon my breast.”

      3. Consonance: Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in the same line, such as the sound of /n/ and /z/ in “By all the needs and notions of my kind” and the sound of /f/ and /s/ in “Your person fair, and feel a certain zest.”

      4. Enjambment: It means to roll over one verse to the next without a pause. The sonnet shows enjambment, such as; “Think not for this, however, the poor treason/ Of my stout blood against my staggering brain,/ I shall remember you with love, or season/ My scorn with pity,—let me make it plain:”

      5. Imagery: Imagery is used to make readers perceive things involving their five senses. Edna St Vincent Millay used imagery in this poem, such as “Am urged by your propinquity to find”, “So subtly is the fume of life designed” and “To clarify the pulse and cloud the mind.”

      6. Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between objects that are different in nature. The poet used the metaphor of fume for his lust.

      7. Personification: It means to attribute human emotions to inanimate objects. The poet used the personification of treason and blood as if they were two persons.

      8. Symbolism: Symbolism is using symbols to signify ideas and qualities, giving them symbolic meanings that are different from the literal meanings. The poem shows symbols such as needs, propinquity, weight, breast, and body to express her lustful passions.

       

       

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