What are the poetic devices used in the poem The Wind?
What are the poetic devices used in the poem The Wind?
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Personification is a poetic device where animals, plants or even inanimate objects are given human qualities.
The poet has used this device in the following lines.
O wind, that sings so loud a song!
Here, the “wind” is personified.
Alliteration is a literary device in which certain sounds are repeated at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase.
The poet has used this device in the following lines.
O wind, that sings so loud a s
song!
I saw the different things you did,
Apostrophe is a literary device where a person addresses someone who cannot respond.
The poet has used this device in the following lines.
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!
Here, the speaker is addressing the wind, which cannot respond back or hear the words of the speaker.
Repetition is a literary device where a certain word or phrase is repeated multiple times to emphasise the word or to create a rhythm.
The poet has used this device in the following lines.
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!
These two lines are repeated at regular intervals of time in the poem.
The Wind Summary