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What are the poetic devices used in the poem love is not all?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem love is not all?

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  1. 1. Alliteration: Some examples would be ‘roof against the rain’, ‘many a man is making’ and ‘lack of love alone’.

    2. Apostrophe: In the line ‘I might be driven to sell your love for peace’, the persona is directly addressing their lover.

    3. Personification: In the line ‘Yet many a man is making friends with death’, death is personified.

     

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