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What are the poetic devices used in the poem If You Were Coming In The Fall?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem If You Were Coming In The Fall?
American PoetryEmily DickinsonIf You Were Coming In The Fall

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    2. Radhika
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      • Simile: One example would be the lines “I’d brush the Summer by/With half a smile, and half a spurn,/As Housewives do, a Fly” whereby the persona brushing away the summer season is compared to housewives brushing away a fly.
      • Alliteration: A couple of examples would be “For fear the numbers fuse” and “state— its sting”.
      • Metaphor:  The line “I’d wind the months in balls” is an  example where the balls act as a metaphor for the months of a year.

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