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What are the poetic devices used in the poem i felt a funeral in my brain?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem i felt a funeral in my brain?

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    1. Conceit: It is an often unconventional, logically complex, or surprising metaphor whose delights are more intellectual than sensual. The poem’s conceit, which appears again throughout, is its most important literary device. The speaker makes a funeral analogy to describe how they are feeling.
    2. Simile: The subject of the poem is described by comparing it to another object or subject, using ‘as’ or ‘like’. For example, “A Service, like a Drum –“
    3. Alliteration: It is the repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words in succession whose purpose is to provide an audible pulse that gives a piece of writing a lulling, lyrical, and/or emotive effect. For example, “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,”

     

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