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What are the poetic devices used in the poem The Black Walnut Tree?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem The Black Walnut Tree?
American PoetryMary OliverThe Black Walnut Tree

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    2. Radhika
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      1. Enjambment: occurs when the poet cuts off a line before its natural stopping point—for example, the transition between lines two, three, and four.

      2. Alliteration: the use of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words. For example, “brighter” and “blood” are in lines sixteen and seventeen.

      3. Imagery: for example, “my fathers out of Bohemia / filling the blue fields” and “fresh and generous Ohio / with leaves and vines and orchards.”

      4. Simile: a comparison that uses “like” or “as” to compare two, unlike things. For example, “an edge / sharp and quick as a trowel / that wants us to dig and sow.”

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