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What are the poetic devices used in the poem South?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem South?
Barbadian PoetryKamau BrathwaiteSouth

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    2. Radhika
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      • Personification – personification is used when the poet gives nonhuman objects human-like qualities. In the poem, the poet personifies the river and calls it free and wise. The poet also personifies urchins and gives them the human quality to salute.

      • Alliteration – alliteration is used when there is a repetition of a consonant sound or letter. In the poem, the letter /s/ is repeated in the lines “sails slanted seaward” and “sea-shells shift”.

      • Simile– simile is used when the poet makes a direct comparison between two things by using the words “like” and “as”. In the poem, the poet compares the longing felt by the persona to the flow of the river in the lines “We who are born of the ocean can never seek solace in rivers:  their flowing runs on like our longing”.

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