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What are the poetic devices used in the poem The Silver House?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem The Silver House?

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    1. Simile– When two things are compared directly by using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’, the figure of speech is called Simile. Example- As round as a silver crown;
    2. Inversion– Inversion, also known as “anastrophe,” is a literary technique in which the normal order of words is reversed, in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter. Example- But what his name is no one knows,
    3. Alliteration- Alliteration is a figure of speech in which the same sound repeats in a group of words. Example- It takes two weeks to build it up,

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