Question

What are the poetic devices used in "terribly transient feet"? Explain.

Answer 1

Alliteration in "stood still to smile", "terribly transient" and "silence silences".Transferred Epithet in "Washed their terribly transient feet".Oxymoron in "laboured ease".Personification in "Its silence silences."

Answer 2

The poetic device used in "terribly transient feet" is alliteration.

• Alliteration is the striking repetition of the same consonant sounds in consecutive or intimate syllables within a group of words, often used as a writing tool.
• In alliteration, consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words are repeated. Repeated sounds are usually the first, or first sounds, as in the "seven sisters".
• Alliteration is a common feature in poetry, but it is also found in songs and rap and in speeches, and other genres, as well as in commonly used phrases, such as "death as a doorstep."