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What are the poetic devices used in the poem Yet Do I Marvel?

What are the poetic devices used in the poem Yet Do I Marvel?
American PoetryCountee CullenYet Do I Marvel

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    2. Radhika
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      • Imagery: can be seen when the poet uses particularly interesting descriptions that appeal to the reader’s senses. These lines should allow the reader to easily visualize the subject matter the poet is describing. For example: “The little buried mole continues blind, / Why flesh that mirrors Him must some day die.”

      • Alliteration: occurs when the poet uses the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words. For example, the use of “God” and “good” in line one and “struggle” and “stair” in line eight.

      • Enjambment: it occurs when the poet cuts off a line before the natural stopping point. For example, the transition between lines two and three as well as lines five and six.

      • Juxtaposition: can be seen when the poet features two contrasting images near one another in a poem. For example in the first stanza when the poet describes God and then moves on to talk about a mole, one of the smallest and seemingly least important creatures.

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