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What Are The Poetic Devices Of The Poem Old Ironsides?

What Are The Poetic Devices Of The Poem Old Ironsides?

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    1. Consonance: Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in the same line, such as the sound of /l/ in “The harpies of the shore shall pluck”.

    2. Personification: Personification is to give human characteristics to inanimate objects. For example, “And many an eye has danced to see” as if the eyes are humans that can dance.

    3. Onomatopoeia: It refers to the word which imitates the natural sounds of things. For example, “roar” in the first stanza of the poem.

    4. Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in the same line, such as the sound of /a/ in “And many an eye has danced to see”.

    5. Imagery: Imagery is used to make readers perceive things involving their five senses. For example, “Ay, tear her tattered ensign down” and “Her deck, once red with heroes’ blood.”

    6. Symbolism: Symbolism is the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings different from their literal meanings. “Sky” symbolizes victory, “god of storm” symbolizes the powerful entity, and “tattered ensign” is a symbol of pride.

    7. Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between the objects different in nature. There is only one metaphor used in the second last line of the poem, “And give her to the god of storms.” This is the metaphor for the rough sea.

    8. Alliteration: Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in the same line such as the sound of /sh/ in “The harpies of the shore shall pluck” and the sound of /w/ in “And waves were white below”.

     

     

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