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What are the Poetic devices used in the poem The Song of India?

What are the Poetic devices used in the poem The Song of India?

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    • Anaphora: the repetition of words or phrases in a group of sentences, clauses, or poetic lines. For example, “Sing of the….”
    • Simile: a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid. For example, “Said the Mother in indignant words”
    • Enjambment: The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. For Example, “Shall I sing”
    • Of your clear dawn with its pure gold-streaks?’”
    • Repetition: the use of the same word or phrase multiple times. Example, “‘What song shall I sing of you, my Mother?’”

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