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Nae Lux Posted 14 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Poetry

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What Poetic devices are in the Poem Uphill by Christina Rossetti and Fifteen by William Stafford?
  

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Just a few suggestions: Rossetti: Simple rhyme, sophisticated use of rhythm (with question and answer dialogue format), use of stanzas, extended metaphor (or allegory): the road and inn at nightfall (life and heaven). Stafford: Conversational language within 5-line stanzas, use of story format (narrative), repetition (I was 15), occasional figurative language ("demure headlights"), and personification (treats motorcycle like a person).

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  • Just a few suggestions: Rossetti: Simple rhyme, sophisticated use of rhythm (with question and answer dialogue format), use of stanzas, extended metaphor (or allegory): the road and inn at nightfall (life and heaven).
  • Stafford: Conversational language within 5-line stanzas, use of story format (narrative), repetition (I was 15), occasional figurative language ("demure headlights"), and personification (treats motorcycle like a person).
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Just a few suggestions:

Rossetti: Simple rhyme, sophisticated use of rhythm (with question and answer dialogue format), use of stanzas, extended metaphor (or allegory): the road and inn at nightfall (life and heaven).

Stafford: Conversational language within 5-line stanzas, use of story format (narrative), repetition (I was 15), occasional figurative language ("demure headlight
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