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What are the poetic devices used in the poem Design?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem Design?

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    • Simile: A couple of examples would be where the spider holding the moth is compared to it holding it “Like a white piece of rigid satin cloth” and the heal-all flower compared to be “like a froth”.
    • Alliteration: A couple of examples would be “snow-drop spider” and “flower like a froth”.
    • Visual Imagery: A stark example would be the vivid depiction of the spider using visual imageries such as “snow-drop”, “dimpled” and “fat and white”.

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