what are the poetic devices used in poem voice of the rain?
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The Poetic Devices used in the poem - "The voice of the rain" are as follows : 1) Personifcation - Used in the whole poem . The rain is personized.
2) Metaphors - (ine 4) I am beautiful pearls ; (line 11) I am a messenger of mercy ; (line 23-24) My announcement is a welcome song ; (ine 27-29) I am the sigh of the sea The laughter of the áeld The tears of the heaven ;
3) Simile - (line 16) I am like earthly life.
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Explanation:
Personification : It refers to the practice of attaching human traits and characteristics with inanimate objects, phenomena and animals.
Personification: Although rain is non living thing yet the poet treats it like living thing. So the rain has been personified as it has been given a voice in the rain.
2. Metaphors : meaning or identity ascribed to one subject by way of another. In a metaphor, one subject is implied to be another so as to draw a comparison between their similarities and shared traits.
We see the metaphor in the line ‘I am the poem of the Earth’
3. Hyperbole: exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.
We see hyperbole in the line ‘Bottomless sea’.
4. Imagery, in a literary text, is an author's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work. It appeals to human senses to deepen the reader's understanding of the work. Powerful forms of imagery engage all of the senses .
Imagery In the first line of the poem, ‘Soft falling Shower’ gives the reader an image of gentle rain.
5. Antithesis, which literally means “opposite,” is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.
Example : Upward to heaven, whence, vaguely form'd, altogether changed, and yet the same,