What are the poetic devices used in the poem Goblin Market ?

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Radhika · Accepted Answer · 2023-09-22T21:14:22+05:30

Alliteration: Repetition of consonants sounds like “goblin”, “glen”.
Anaphora: repetition of the same word, for example, “like” is repeated many times in stanza four.
Enjambment: Enjambment is when the poet breaks the line midway. There are many Enjambments in this poem.
Metaphor: The comparison of the sisters to flowers for displaying their purity is a metaphor.
Allusion: Lizzie asking Laura to eat and drink her is an allusion of Christ as he asks his disciples to eat the bread that represents his body.
Simile: This poem has many similes, “like a lily from the beck”, “like a vessel at the launch”, etc are some examples.
Personification: “Moon and star gazed on them, Wind sang them lullaby” this verse is personified as moon, stars and the wind are given human traits.

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