What are the poetic devices used in the poem Gold!?
What are the poetic devices used in the poem Gold!?
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Alliteration:
Alliteration is a literary device in which certain sounds are repeated at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase.
The poet Hood has used this poetic device in the following lines.
“Gold! Gold!”
“barter’d, bought,”
“sold,/ Stolen,”
“very verge.”
Assonance:
Assonance is a poetic device where there is a repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together in a sentence or verse.
The poet Hood has used this poetic device in the following lines.
Molten, graven, hammer’d and roll’d”
“Stolen, borrow’d, squander’d, doled,”
Here, the “e” and “au” sounds are repeated, respectively.
Allusion:
Allusion is a literary device. It is used in a literary text to refer indirectly to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text.
The poet Hood has used this poetic device in the following lines.
Now stamp’d with the image of Good Queen Bess,
And now of a Bloody Mary.
Here, the phrase “Good Queen Bess” is an allusion to Queen Elizabeth I. The word “Bloody Mary” is a reference to the Queen Mary Tudor who reigned before Queen Elizabeth.
Juxtaposition:
Juxtaposition is a literary device where the writer places two unrelated things next to each other to highlight their differences. This technique is used to encourage the reader to compare and contrast two elements.
The poet Hood has used this poetic device in the following lines.
Heavy to get, and light to hold;
The poet here describes how hard it is to get gold and how one can easily spend it.
Good or bad a thousand-fold!
How widely its agencies vary—
To save—to ruin—to curse—to bless—
Here, the poet says that gold has the power to save and ruin lives. It has the power to even curse or bless lives.
Palilogy:
The word “Palilogia” derives from Greek “palin, which means “over again” and “logia” means“speaking. It is a literary device in which the same word is repeated twice or more to create emphasis.
The poet Hood has used this poetic device in the following lines.
Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! (Line 1)
Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! (Line 10)
The word “Gold” is repeated again and again in the first and tenth lines of the poem to create emphasis over the metal.
Gold! Summary