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What are the poetic devices used in the poem Batter My Heart, Three Person’d God?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem Batter My Heart, Three Person’d God?
Batter My HeartEnglish PoetryJohn DonneThree Person'd God

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    2. Radhika
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      • Simile: In the phrase “I, like an usurp’d town to another due”, the persona compares themselves to and “usurp’d town” conquered by another.
      • Personification: “Reason” is personified to be God’s “viceroy” within the persona.
      • Paradox: A couple of examples would be “imprison”; “free” and “chaste”; “ravish”.

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