Can you please explain the literary devices used in the poem ??
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allegory: a short moral story
alliteration: use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
assonance: the repetition of similar vowels in successive words
consonance the property of sounding harmonious
enjambment: continuation from one line of verse into the next line
imagery: the ability to form mental pictures of things or events
metaphor: a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
rhyme: correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines
mood: a characteristic state of feeling
tone: the distinctive property of a complex sound
couplet: a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
foreshadowing: the act of providing vague advance indications
free verse: poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
hyperbole extravagant exaggeration
irony: incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
literal: limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
figurative: not literal
metonymy: substituting the name of a feature for the name of the thing
apostrophe: a mark used to indicate the omission of one or more letters
narrator: someone who tells a story
speaker: someone who expresses in language
onomatopoeia: using words that imitate the sound they denote
plot: basic story line
point of view: a mental position from which things are perceived
protagonist: the principal character in a work of fiction
antagonist: someone who offers opposition
stanza: a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
rhythm: an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs
satire: witty language used to convey insults or scorn
setting: the physical position of something
simile: a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
synecdoche: using part of something to refer to the whole thing
symbol: something visible that represents something invisible
theme: the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
allusion: passing reference or indirect mention
personification: attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
repetition: the act of doing or performing again
oxymoron: conjoining contradictory terms
syllable: a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
connotation: an idea that is implied or suggested
denotationt: he most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression
pun: a humorous play on words
paradox: a statement that contradicts itself