What are the poetic devices used in the poem A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest?
What are the poetic devices used in the poem A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest?
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Alliteration:
Alliteration is a literary device in which certain sounds are repeated at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase.
The poet has used this device in the following lines.
A wounded deer – leaps highest
I’ve heard the hunter tell;
The trampled steel that springs:
Personification:
Personification is a poetic device where animals, plants or even inanimate objects are given human qualities.
The poet has used this device in the following lines.
And then the brake is still.
The smitten rock that gushes,
The trampled steel that springs:
Just where the hectic stings!
In these lines, the poet has personified abstract ideas such as “Hectic” and inanimate objects “brake” and “steel”
Anaphora:
Anaphora is a literary device that uses the repetition of short phrases or single words at the beginning of clauses or sentences to enhance rhythm.
The poet has used this device in the following lines.
The smitten rock that gushes,
The trampled steel that springs:
Both these lines begins with the same word “The”.
A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest Summary