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Literary devices used in the poem epithalamion

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Literary devices used in the poem Epithalamion are mostly –metaphor, allusion, visual imagery, auditory imagery, refrain, climax.

Explanation:

• Epithalamion is one of the most famous works of the Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser. It is a poem written by the poet on the occasion of his marriage. It was his marriage gift to his wife-Elizabeth Boyle.

• The poet is endowed with literary devices. It is in the form of a wedding song and comprises twenty four stanzas that reflect the twenty four hours of Spenser’s wedding day. Each stanza ends with a refrain.

• Most of the stanzas are full of allusions. The allusions are mostly of the Greeks Gods and Goddesses. The Muses are invoked. Queen Elizabeth is also alluded.

• The poem creates a pen-picture of the day through visual imagery. To add to it the sounds are reflected through auditory imagery.

• Metaphors are there in plenty to implicitly explain various aspects. There are many metaphors related to the pastoral that help create a pastoral imagery.

• The culmination of the marriage creates the climax in the poem.  

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