…The poem is rich in literary devices such as symbolism, personification, paradox, sibilance, assonance, alliteration, and onomatopoeia. The line “murderous innocence of the sea” is an example of paradox. Sibilance…
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I Love You
…and clarity. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to non-human things. For examples, lips are personified in the first line, “I love your lips when they’re wet with wine,…
Much Madness is Divinest Sense
…this poem to bring depth to her text. The analysis of some of the literary devices used in this poem is given below. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities…
Cat and Mouse
…objects different in nature. The poet has used the metaphor of time and the world, both who are painted as living beings that cannot change their nature. Personification: It means…
Sonnet 138
…make readers perceive things involving their five senses. For example, “Although she knows my days are past the best” and “Therefore I lie with her and she with me.” Personification:…
O Captain! My Captain!
…ship is nearing the port represents the timeline of the Civil War. The third metaphor, “ship” represents the United States that has undergone the Civil War. Personification: Whitman has used…
America
…in America.” Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. The poet has personified America throughout the poem such as “Although she feeds me bread of bitterness,” and…
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
…and “Who lives down the lane”. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. For example, sheep is personified when it replies to the boy’s question as if…
A Dream
…readers perceive things involving their five senses. For example, “I have dreamed of joy departed”, “While all the world were chiding” and “A lonely spirit guiding.” Personification: Personification is to…
Nothing Gold Can Stay
…and “So dawn goes down to day.” Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. Frost personified nature throughout the poem. Nature is referred to as “her” which…
Alone
…word or expression in the first part of some verses. For example, “as others” is repeated in the opening lines to show his intense loneliness. Personification: Personification is to give…
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
…the same line, such as the sound of /p/ and /l/ “O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love”. Personification: Personification is to attribute human qualities to inanimate things. Edward has…
Sonnet 151
…different in nature. The poet has used love as an extended metaphor to show how it makes people forget their spiritual values. Personification: Personification is to give humanistic qualities to…
When You Are Old
…same line. For example, the sound of /h/ in “And hid his face amid a crowd of stars”. Personification: Personification is to give human characteristics to inanimate objects. For example,…
Sonnet 147
…Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. The poet has personified reason in the second quatrain of the poem such as; “My reason, the physician to my…
Sonnet 116
…made between objects that are different in nature. The poet has used the extended metaphor of love to show the true meaning of love. Personification: Personification is to give human…
This Land is Your Land
…Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. The poet has personified fields and clouds in the poem’s fourth stanza, such as; “And the wheat fields waving and…
Trees
…the same line in successive words such as the sound of /h/ in “A nest of robins in her hair”. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to non- human…
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
…culture before the slavery period. Personification: Personification means to give human attributes to inanimate objects. For example, the Mississippi River is personified, “I heard the singing of the Mississippi when…
I Hear America Singing
…women. The reader can visualize each profession while reading. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. For example, “I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear.”…
