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What are the poetic devices in poem piano and drums by Gabriel Okara?

Alliteration

* "the piano tinkles

its treble notes

like rain drops

on the metal roof"

* "the drum booms

a heavy rhythm

the piano tinkles

a light melody"

Assonance

* "the piano tinkles

its treble notes"

* "the drum booms

a heavy rhythm"

Consonance

* "like rain drops

on the metal roof"

* "a heavy rhythm"

Metaphor

* "the piano tinkles

its treble notes

like rain drops

on the metal roof"

* "the drum booms

a heavy rhythm"

* "the piano tinkles

a light melody"

Personification

* "the piano tinkles

its treble notes"

* "the drum booms

a heavy rhythm"

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