It's Silence silences . what is the poetic device used in it
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The first 'Silence' starts with a capital letter making it a person, who silences others. The ultimate Silence of death and the sense of loss of her mother leaves the poet wordless and silent.
Answer :
The line 'It's silence silences' has been taken from the poem 'The Photograph' by Shirley Toulson.
Three poetic devices have been used in this line :
1. Personification
In the line 'It's silence silences,' death has been bestowed with the human quality of silence.
Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'personification' as 'the act of giving a human quality or characteristic to something which is not human, or an example of this.'
2. Alliteration
The ‘s’ sound is being repeated in the line 'It's silence silences.'
Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'alliteration' as 'the use, especially in poetry, of the same sound or sounds, especially consonants, at the beginning of several words that are close together.'
3. Paradox
The line 'It's silence silences' is a contradictory statement as silence itself refers to the act of being silent.
Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'paradox' as 'a situation or statement that seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics.'