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What are the poetic devices used in My Mother at Sixty Six?

What are the poetic devices used in My Mother at Sixty Six?
Indian PoetryKamala DasMy Mother at Sixty Six
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      2020-04-02T02:06:33+05:30Added an answer on April 2, 2020 at 2:06 am

      Following poetic devices have been used in the poem My Mother at Sixty Six.

      1. Simile: it is the comparison of two things by using as or like. e.g. “her face ashen like that of a corpse”, “as a late winter’s moon”.
      2. Metaphor: it is the direct comparison of two things without the use of as or like. e.g. “the merry children spilling”.
      3. Personification: When we give human characteristics to animals or plants or non-living things. e.g. “trees sprinting”. 
      4. Anaphora: It is the repetition of a word or phrase to create a poetic effect in a poem. e.g. the poet repeats these words, “smile and smile and smile”.
      5. Alliteration: It is the repetition of the consonant sounds in a line of a poem. e.g. “my mother”, “that thought”, “I said was, see you soon”.

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