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What are the poetic devices used in the poem Africa?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem Africa?
Africa PoemDavid DiopFrench PoetryKarnataka Board Class 9th

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    2. Daanish Malik
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      1. Alliteration – similar starting sounds repeated in following or closely related syllables. E.g. But your blood”, “beautiful black blood”, “back that never breaks”, “faded flowers”, “bit by bit.

       

      1. Metonymy– Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a notion is referred by the name of another idea  that is intimately related to it. E.g. But your blood flows in my veins, Your beautiful black blood that irrigates the fields, The blood of your sweat.

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