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What are the poetic devices used in the poem Ode On A Gracian Urn?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem Ode On A Gracian Urn?
English PoetryJohn KeatsOde On A Gracian Urn

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    2. Radhika
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      This poem has a myriad of poetic devices, some of which are as follows:

      1. Metaphor: Phrases such as ‘unravish’d bride of quietness’ and ‘Sylvan Historian’ refer to the Grecian urn.
      2. Syncope: A few examples would be ‘unravish’d’, ‘fring’d’ and ‘say’st’.
      3. Alliteration: A couple of examples would be ‘silence and slow’, and ‘marble men and maidens’.

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