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What are the poetic devices used in the poem Asssembly Line ?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem Asssembly Line ?
Assembly LineChinese PoetryGong Peiyu

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    2. Radhika
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      • Repetition- Repetition is the intentional repetition of sounds, words, phrases, or structures for emphasis, rhythm, or to create a pattern. The repetition of phrases like “perhaps just out of habit” and “perhaps just out of sorrow” emphasizes the speaker’s uncertainty about the origin of their numbness.

      • Alliteration- Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in closely positioned or adjacent words. Some examples of alliteration in the poem are “It’s not hard to feel for them” and “We come off the factory night-shift”

      • Enjambment- Enjambment is the continuation of a sentence or clause without a pause beyond the end of a line, stanza, or verse. Enjambment creates a sense of flow and connection between lines. The poem uses this poetic device.

      • Imagery- Imagery is the use of vivid and descriptive language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell) to create a mental picture or evoke a sensory experience for the reader. The poem employs several images like those of the assembly line of stars, and the little trees standing numb.

      • Personification- Personification is attributing human characteristics to non-human entities, animals, or abstract concepts, enhancing the imagery and making them more relatable. The stars are personified when the poem suggests that they must be exhausted after thousands of years of unchanging journeys.

      • Metaphor- A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable, to suggest a resemblance and create a vivid image. In the poem, the routine and monotony of modern, industrialised society are compared with an assembly line.

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