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What are the poetic devices used in poem?

Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables.

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in words that are not next to each other.

Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds within words.

Enjambment is the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next without a pause.

Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration to create emphasis or humor.

Imagery is the use of words to create a picture in the reader's mind.

Metaphor is a direct comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as".

Metonymy is the use of one thing to represent something else that is closely associated with it.

Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate sounds.

Personification is giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

Pun is a play on words that creates humor.

Rhyme is the repetition of the same or similar sounds at the end of words.

Simile is a direct comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as".

Symbolism is the use of an object or action to represent something else.

Synecdoche is the use of a part of something to represent the whole.

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