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What are the poetic devices used in the poem The Cross Of Snow?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem The Cross Of Snow?
American PoetryHenry Wadsworth LongfellowThe Cross Of Snow

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      1. Transferred epithet: In the phrase “A gentle face”, the gentleness of his beloved wife is brought up with just her face.
      2. Metaphor: The literal “cross of snow” in the mountains acts as a metaphor for the grief and sorrow the poet “crosses to bear”.
      3. Alliteration: One example would be the phrase “The legend of a life”.

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