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What are the poetic devices used in the poem Sonnet?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem Sonnet?

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  1. 1. Simile: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not applicable. For example, “Red-red, and startling like a trumpet’s sound.”
    2. Metaphor: A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid. For example, “And o’er the quiet pools the seemuls lean,”

     

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