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What are the poetic devices used in the poem Advice to Women?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem Advice to Women?
Advice to WomenEunice de SouzaIndian Poetry

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    2. Radhika
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      • Enjambment – enjambment is when the line is continued onto the next line without any pause. In the poem, the poet uses enjambment to continue on the idea of adopting cats in order to learn how to cope up with feeling like an “other”. The poet has used the enjambment in order to express a transition between learning how to take care of a cat and coping with the relationship with a distant partner.

      • Imagery- imagery is the use of words by a poet to paint a picture in the minds of the reader. Imagery can be of various types; tactile, olfactory, auditory, gustatory and visual. The poet here makes use of visual imagery in the lines “That stare of perpetual surprise/ in those great green eyes” presents the image of looking into the green eyes of a cat.

      • Alliteration – Alliteration is repetition of the same letter or sound in a line. In the poem the poet repeats the consonants “C” and “L” in the words “cats” and “cope” and “lovers” and “lovers”.

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