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What are the poetic devices used in the poem Indian Boarding School: The Runaways?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem Indian Boarding School: The Runaways?
American PoetryIndian Boarding School: The RunawaysLouise Erdrich

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    2. Radhika
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      1. Alliteration – Alliteration is repetition of the same letter or sound in a line. In the poem alliteration is used in the lines “dreams/ don’t” and “worn-down welts.”
      2. Simile- simile is used when the poet directly compares one thing to another by using the words “as” or “like”. In this poem, the poet uses a simile in the lines “it only hums/ like a wing of long insults.”
      3. Irony – irony is used when what the poet says is in contradiction to what they actually mean. In this poem, the poet uses irony when talking about the dresses worn by the children in the lines “All runaways wear dresses, long green ones,/ the color you would think shame was.”
      4. Repetition- Repetition is a literary device in which a word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis or effect. The word “Home” is repeated in the poem.
      5. Metaphor- metaphor is used when the poet makes an undercut comparison between two things without using the words “like” or “as”. In the, the poet compares the railway lines to “old lacerations.”
      6. Imagery- imagery is the use of words by a poet to paint a picture in the minds of the reader. Imagery can be of various types; tactile, olfactory, auditory, gustatory and visual. The poem uses visual imagery to paint a picture of the railway tracks, the sheriff’s car and the sidewalks.
      7. Onomatopoeia- onomatopoeia is the use of words which phonetically resemble the sound. In the poem, the poet uses the word “hums.”
      8. Enjambment – enjambment is when the line is continued onto the next line without any pause. In the poem, the poet uses enjambment to create an internal connection between the lines and the stanzas.

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