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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)

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Date: 9/13/2018 2:50:00 PM
Congrats on your well deserved podium finish, Florence. A lovely poem to read. Thanks for entering this challenging contest. Well done.
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