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What are the poetic devices used in the poem Alone?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem Alone?
AloneAmerican PoetryEdgar Allan Poe

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    2. Daanish Malik
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      1. Imagery: The poem carries heavy imagery which can most significantly be seen from lines 13-22.  
      2. Metaphor: the poem is filled with metaphors, some examples are, line 10 “Of a most stormy life—was drawn” where stormy life means turbulent life of the poet.
      3. Alliteration: Repetition of the same consonant sound in the same verse. In this poem, line 5 and line 8 carry alliteration with the repetition of the sound /s/ and /l/ respectively.
      4. Enjambment: The starting lines of the poem, line 1-4 consists of one thought that has been broken into four verses.

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