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What are the poetic devices used in the poem C.L.M?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem C.L.M?

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    • Alliteration: Alliteration is when two or more words that start with the same sound are used repeatedly in a phrase or a sentence.
      Example- My mother’s life made me a man.
    • Personification: Personification is a figure of speech where non-human objects are given human traits and qualities.
      Example- Her beauty fed my common earth.
    • Antithesis: A figure of speech in which contradicting words are used in the same sentence.
      Example- Whether I use it ill or well,
    • Apostrophe: An apostrophe is a figure of speech in which some absent or non-existent person or thing is addressed as if present and capable of understanding. Example- O grave, keep shut lest I be shamed!

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