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What are the poetic devices used in the poem The Gumbie Cat?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem The Gumbie Cat?
British PoetryJKBOSE 7thThe Gumbie Cat PoemTS Eliot

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    2. Daanish Malik
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      1. Repetition: Repetition is a literary device in which a word or phrase is repeated two or more times. Example- She sits and sits and sits and sits—and that’s what makes a Gumbie Cat!

       

      1. Personification: Personification is a figure of speech where non-human objects are given human traits and qualities. Example- She teaches them music, crocheting and tatting.

       

      1. Alliteration: Alliteration is when two or more words that start with the same sound are used repeatedly in a phrase or a sentence. Example- All day she sits upon the stair or on the steps or on the mat;

      The Gumbie Cat Summary

       

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