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What are the Poetic devices used in the poem I Heard a Fly Buzz-When I Died?

What are the Poetic devices used in the poem I Heard a Fly Buzz-When I Died?

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    Alliteration: when words are used in succession, or even the first letter. “Stillness” and “storm” in the third and fourth lines of the first stanza is one such example. Enjambment: A line is suddenly cut off urging the reader to quickly jump to the next line. The poet does so here in lines two and three of the first stanza, and also in lines two and three of the third stanza. I Heard a Fly Buzz-When I Heard Summary

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