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What poetic devices are in the poem Flanders Fields by John McCrae?

Alliteration:

* "In Flanders fields the poppies blow"

* "Between the crosses, row on row"

* "We are the dead. Short days ago"

* "Take up our quarrel with the foe"

Assonance:

* "In Flanders fields the poppies blow"

* "We are the dead. Short days ago"

* "And in the sky the larks, still bravely flying"

Consonance:

* "In Flanders fields the poppies blow"

* "We are the dead. Short days ago"

* "For your tomorrow, we gave our today"

Enjambment:

* "In Flanders fields the poppies blow\nBetween the crosses, row on row"

* "We are the dead. Short days ago\nWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow"

* "And in the sky the larks, still bravely flying,\nSing high the song of cheer that is not ours"

Metaphor:

* "In Flanders fields the poppies blow" (the poppies are a metaphor for the blood that has been shed on the battlefield)

* "We are the dead. Short days ago\nWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow" (the dead soldiers are metaphors for the life that has been lost in the war)

* "And in the sky the larks, still bravely flying,\nSing high the song of cheer that is not ours" (the larks are a metaphor for the hope that remains even in the midst of war)

Personification:

* "The larks, still bravely flying,\nSing high the song of cheer that is not ours" (the larks are personified as being brave and singing a song of cheer)

* "Take up our quarrel with the foe:\nTo you from failing hands we throw\nThe torch; be yours to hold it high" (the dead soldiers are personified as being able to pass on their torch of hope to the living)

Simile:

* "And in the sky the larks, still bravely flying,\nSing high the song of cheer that is not ours" (the larks are compared to soldiers who are bravely fighting on)

* "Take up our quarrel with the foe:\nTo you from failing hands we throw\nThe torch; be yours to hold it high" (the torch is compared to a symbol of hope that the living must carry on)

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