Question

What are poetic devices used in the poem Lake Isle of of innisfree

Answer 1

Answer:

1) Alliteration

2) Assonance

3) Imagery

4) Metaphor

Explanation:

1) Alliteration:

• A hive for the honeybee and live alone in the bee-loud glade.

We see the repetition of consonants with a similar sound in these lines.

2) Assonance:

• I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree.

• And a small cabin builds there, of clay and wattles made.

The 'a' sounds in the poem creates a musical effect.

3) Imagery:

• Purple, hazy, full of birds.
• I hear lake water lapping with low sound by the shore.

He is actually not hearing the lapping sound of water.

4) Metaphor:

• Veils of the morning - means fog or news of the morning.
• Deep hear's code - the poet feels and dreams deeply.