What are the poetic devices used in the poem Keeping quiet (XII ENG)

Dear student Here are the poetic devices used with examples, 1. Repetition - Repeating words or phrases. "Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still." "without rush, without engines," "wars with gas, wars with fire," 2. Alliteration - Repetition of initial consonant sounds. "Now we will count to twelve - w, w and we will all keep still." - w, w wars with gas, wars with fire," - w, w "we would all be together - w, w in a sudden strangeness." - s,s "would look at his hurt hands." - h, h, h "would put on clean clothes" - c, c "If we were not so single-minded" - w, w 3. Personification - An inanimate object, or animal, endowed with human qualities. "Perhaps the Earth can teach us" - Here teaching is a human quality, and the earth being inanimate is personified as the teacher. 4. Antithesis - Bringing together, two opposing or contrasting ideas "Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still." "victory with no survivors" "as when everything seems dead and later proves to be alive." Regards

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