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What are the poetic devices used in the poem On the Religion of Nature?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem On the Religion of Nature?

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    • Metaphor: In the line “The power, that gives with liberal hand”, the “power” acts as a metaphor for God.
    • Eye Rhyme: For the sake of maintaining the rhyme scheme, the first stanza employs eye rhyme with the words “bless’d” and “rest”.
    • Syncope: A couple of examples would be “bless’d” and “Bestow’d”.

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