What literary devices is used in this sentence?

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What literary devices is used in “she stood at the verge of the sea *that tells so little, but tells a little,* and watched the outgoing of this last tremendous tide”?

English Tutor Answered question January 25, 2021
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The first one “She stood….” shows the use of alliteration as the sound of /s/ is repeated here. The second is a chiausmus as it repeats the structure of the first phrase in the second one.

English Tutor Answered question January 25, 2021