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What Are The Poetic Devices Of The Poem The Mother?

What Are The Poetic Devices Of The Poem The Mother?
American PoetryGwendolyn Elizabeth BrooksThe Mother Poem

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      1. Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in the same line. For example, the sound of /i/ in “with a little or with no hair”.

      2. Anaphora: It refers to the repetition of a word or expression in the first part of some verses. For example, “Believe me” is repeated in the last stanza of the poem to emphasize the point.

        “Believe me, I loved you all.
        Believe me, I knew you, though faintly, and I loved, I loved you
        All.”

      3. Alliteration: Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in the same line in quick succession. For example, the sound of /n/ in “You will never neglect or beat”.

      4. Consonance: Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in the same line. For example, the sound of /d/ in “you had body, you died”.
      5. Enjambment: It is defined as a thought in verse that does not come to an end at a line break; instead, it continues in the next line. For example,
        “You will never neglect or beat
        Them, or silence or buy with a sweet”.

       

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