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What are the poetic devices used in the poem to be or not to be?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem to be or not to be?

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    1. Personification: In the line ‘The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune’, fortune is personified and given human attributes.
    2. Syncope: A couple of examples would be ‘wish’d’, and ‘dispriz’d’.
    1. Metaphor: An example would be ‘sea of troubles’.

     

    To be or not to be

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