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What are the poetic devices used in the poem Leda and the Swan?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem Leda and the Swan?
Irish PoetryLeda and the SwanWilliam Butler Yeats

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    2. Radhika
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      1. Alliteration: A couple of examples would be “The broken wall, the burning roof” and “brute blood”.
      2. Metaphor: The term “the brute blood of the air” acts as a metaphor for Lord Zeus.
      3. Transferred Epithet: In the phrase “indifferent beak”, the beak is not indifferent but Lord Zeus himself.

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