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What Are The Poetic Devices Of The Poem Life For My Child Is Simple, And Is Good?

What Are The Poetic Devices Of The Poem Life For My Child Is Simple, And Is Good?

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

    1. Alliteration: A couple of examples would be “slooshing sloopily” and “lesions are legion”.

    2. Anaphora: One such example would be the lines: “Or tipping over an icebox pan/ Or snatching down curtains or fingering an electric outlet/ Or a journey or a friend or an illegal kiss.”

     

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