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What are the poetic devices used in poem boy on a swing?

Metaphor:

* "His soul swings / Like a pendulum"

Simile:

* "His hair, / Like a silken scarf"

* "He kicks his heels, / Like a colt at play"

Personification:

* "The wind / whispers in his ear"

* "The sun / shines on his face"

Alliteration:

* "His soul swings"

* "Like a silken scarf"

* "He kicks his heels"

Onomatopoeia:

* "The creaking of the swing"

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