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What are the poetic devices used in the poem In a Library?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem In a Library?

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    • Personification- personification is when the poet attributes human-like qualities to nonhuman objects. In this poem, the poet personifies the “Antique Book” and gives it human-like qualities of wisdom and knowledge.
    • Alliteration– alliteration is used when there is a repetition of a consonant letter or sound in a line. In the poem, the letter /t/ is repeated in the lines “two, to” and “to town”. The poem also repeated the sound /d/ in the line “that Dante deified”.
    • Extended metaphor – extended metaphor is used when there is an elaborate comparison made throughout the poem. In the poem, the poet makes use of an extended metaphor when she compares the “antique book” to a wise old man.
    • Allusion- allusion is when the poet makes references to people, events or texts. In the poem, there is a reference to prominent people in Ancient Greece like Plato, Sophocles, Sappho and Dante.

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