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Poetic devices in rain on the roof

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This question is based on the poem 'Rain on the Roof' by Coates Kinney.

1. Alliteration

Examples :

a) In the phrase ‘lie listening’,’ the ‘l’ sound is being repeated.

b) In the phrase ‘starry spheres,’ the ‘s’ sound is being repeated.

c) In the phrase ‘humid hover’,’ the ‘h’ sound is being repeated.

d) In the phrase ‘press pillow’,’ the ‘p’ sound is being repeated.

Alliteration is defined as a poetic device in which the consonant sounds are repeated in words that appear together.

2. Personification

Examples :

a) 'melancholy darkness'

b) 'And a thousand recollections

Weave their air-threads into woof,'

Personification is defined as a poetic device that involves using a human quality to describe a non-living thing or object.

3. Transferred Epithet

Examples :

a) 'melancholy darkness'

b) 'dreamy fancies'

Transferred epithet is defined as a poetic device in which an adjective is added before the name of a person or object in order to bestow positive or negative qualities to that object.

4. Onomatopoeia

Examples :

a) 'patter'

b) 'tinkle'

Onomatopoeia is defined as a poetic device in which certain words are used to denote real life sounds.