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What are the poetic devices used in the poem The Flower?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem The Flower?

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    • Metaphor: “Flower” is the extended metaphor throughout the poem. The flower represents art such as writing, poetry, or painting, etc. and the “crown” represents glory.
    • Alliteration:The repetition of the same consonant sound in the same line twice is alliteration. In this poem, the sound of /m/, /s/, /t/, and /r/ are repeated in the same lines.
    • Anaphora: This device is used to emphasise through the word “and” and “and some” in the first three lines.
    • Personification: The poet gives the flower the human quality of growing tall and wearing a crown.

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