Question

tell the list of poetic devices used in poem Father To Son

Answer 1

The poet,  Elizabeth Jennings has used following poetic devices in the poem:

Metaphor

‘Yet have I killed
The seed I spent or sown it where
The land is his and none of mine?’

In the above given lines the poetic devices used is metaphor. The words ‘seed’, ‘sown’, and ‘land’ are metaphors for the father’s efforts that he made to build loving relationship with his son, and the son’s heart respectively.

In another line ‘I would have Him prodigal, returning to

His father’s house’ the poetic device used is metaphor.

Alliteration

In the lines ‘The seed I spent or sown it where’, and ‘Silence surrounds us’ the poetic device used is alliteration.

Simile

In expression ‘We speak like strangers’ the poetic device used is ‘simile’.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:Simile does not lies in the line We speak Like starangers. Because comparison should be between two different kingdoms. And here both belongs to Human kingdom hence No simile.