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What are the poetic devices used in the poem It is the Constant Image of your Face?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem It is the Constant Image of your Face?
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    2. Radhika
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      1. Personification– personification is when the Poet uses human-like attributes to nonhuman objects. In this poem, the poet has personified his country and called it his “dearest love”.
      2. Oxymoron– oxymoron is used when the poet uses contradictory words together. In the poem, the poet talks about “heart’s treachery”. Heart is acclimated with love and loyalty.
      3. Metaphor – metaphor is used when the poet makes an indirect comparison between two things without using the words “like” or “as”. In the poem, the poet compares the dangerous and violent world of the persona to a “world of knives”.

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