poetic devices used in poem not marble ,nor the gilded monuments with examples
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Here's your answer to the question :-
1 • Alliteration :
(a) Shall time more bright in these contents.
(b) When wasteful war shall statues overturn
2 • Allusion :
Mars as god of war.
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Answer :
Poetic devices used in the poem 'Not Marble Nor The Gilded Monuments' by William Shakespeare are as follows :
1. Allusion
Allusion has been used in the line 'Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn' to refer to Mars as the God of War.
Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'allusion' as 'something that is said or written that is intended to make you think of a particular thing or person.'
2. Alliteration
Examples :
a) In the phrase 'when wasteful wars,’ the ‘w’ sound is being repeated.
b) In the phrase ‘shall shine,’ the‘sh’ sound is being repeated .
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. Personification
Examples :
a) 'besmeared with s------h time'
b) 'The living record of your memory'
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.'
4. Epithet
Examples :
a) 's-----h time'
b) 'Than unswept stone, besmeared'
c) 'wasteful war'
Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'epithet' as 'an adjective added to a person's name or a phrase used instead of it, usually to criticize or praise them.'
5. Imagery
Examples :
a) 'Than unswept stone, besmear'd with s-----h time'
b) 'When wasteful war shall statues overturn,
And broils root out the work of masonry,'
Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'imagery' as 'pictures or words that are used to represent something, for example a situation.'