What are the poetic devices used in the poem The Moon was but a Chin of Gold ?

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Radhika · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-14T19:52:12+05:30

Metaphor- metaphor is used when the poet makes an indirect comparison between two things without using the words “like” and “as”. In the poem, the poet makes a comparison between the crescent moon to the chin of gold of a woman. She also compares the full moon to the face of a beautiful woman.
Personification- personification is used when the poet attributes human-like qualities to nonhuman things. In the poem, the moon is given human like features like “Forehead”, “Cheek”, “Lips” and “Eye”
Anaphora- anaphora is used when there is a repetition of a word or phrase in the lines. In the poem the words “Her” and “The” are repeated.
Enjambment- enjambment is when the sentence runs over the next line in a poem. The poet uses enjambment in the third and fourth stanzas. It is also used in the lines “And now she turns Her perfect Face/ Upon the World below –”.
Alliteration – Alliteration is repetition of the same letter or sound in a line. In the poem the poet repeats /s/ and /c/ sounds in the lines “could confer” and “such Silver” in the 3rd stanza.

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