Litany of Poetic Devices
The night peevished in silence
Here on the grass I sit-but my heart stood
I hear my tiny thought tingle
It fluttered in my head like the wings of a bird
But, will this peace that I seek find me?
Even the sea is a lion that dares the dry land
Tick tock the clock sounds endlessly
Everyday was never a happy day
Fightings fightings killings
What a sad joy
More dead at hand. Souls finding the sole way to live
Whilst every smile was a pretense, there was more pains to harbour
The world drift slowly to its extreme end every seconds
But, will wait man, patiently , till love and unity king again.
1. Personification ( the night peevished in silence)
2. Antithesis (here on the ground I sit -but my heart stood)
3. Alliteration ( I hear my tiny thought tingle)
4. Simile (it flutters in my head like the wings of a bird)
5. Rhetorical question (but, will this peace I seek find me?)
6. Metaphor (even the sea is a lion that dare the dry land)
7. Onomatopoeia (tick tock, the clock sounds endlessly)
8.internal rhyme (everyday was never a happy day)
9. Repetition (fightings fightings)
10. Oxymoron (what a sad joy)
11. Pun (souls finding the sole way to live)
12. Archaism (whilst every smile was a pretense)
13 tautology (extreme end)
14. Inversion ( but, will wait man, patiently, till love and unity king again)
Copyright © Florence Ezekiel | Year Posted 2018
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