Question

What is poetic device used in line-‘victory with no survivors’(poem- Keeping Quite)

Answer 1

antithesis

Explanation:

antithesis means bringing together 2 different and opposite ideas... here victory and no survivors are two opposite ideas put together. so literary device used is antithesis

Answer 2

The poetic device used in the given line is Antithesis.

• Poetic devices are used by poets to emphasize certain feelings or to create rhythm.
• Some common literary devices are alliteration, repetition, personification, etc.
• Antithesis is a literary device that helps in bringing two contrasting thoughts together.
• Here, 'victory' and 'no survivors' are opposite since they signify win and loss in a war respectively.
• Another example of antithesis from the poem is “count to twelve and we will all keep still”.