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What are the Poetic Devices of the Poem The Weaver Bird?

What are the Poetic Devices of the Poem The Weaver Bird?

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    1. Metaphor: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not applicable. The poem’s speaker uses the weaver bird coming and building a nest at his house as a metaphor for the colonization of Ghana.
    2. Personification: A figure of speech in which the poet describes an abstraction, a thing, or a nonhuman form as if it were a person. For example, “And the weaver returned in the guise of the owner.”
    3. Imagery: Elements of a poem that invoke any of the five senses to create a set of mental images. Specifically, using vivid or figurative language to represent ideas, objects, or actions. For example, “Where the storms at sea had felled the gulls”

     

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