Read the lines from "There Was a Child Went Forth" and answer the question. And the apple-trees cover'd with blossoms, and the f
ruit afterward, and wood-berries, and the commonest weeds by the road; And the old drunkard staggering home from the out-house of the tavern, whence he had lately risen, And the school-mistress that pass'd on her way to the school, And the friendly boys that pass'd—and the quarrelsome boys, And the tidy and fresh-cheek'd girls—and the barefoot negro boy and girl, And all the changes of city and country, wherever he went. Which poetic device is exemplified in this stanza? Select all that apply. allegory anaphora imagery metaphor NEXT QUESTION ASK FOR HELP
The correct answers are A) allegory and B) anaphora.
The poetic device that is exemplified in this stanza is allegory and anaphora.
In literary terms, an allegory is a figure of speech that used abstract concepts represented by events and characters that give meaning to a story. Most of the time these figures explain ideas that left the reader with lessons of life or moral teachings.
In the case of the anaphora, the author takes the first part of a sentence and repeats many times to create an artistic representation of something.
<em>Poetic Devices- he utilizes a great many representations after similitude.</em>
<u>Explanation:</u>
As in a large <em>portion of Leaves of Grass</em><em>,</em> Whitman depicts how all of humankind is a piece of the bigger picture, the <em>earth and the universe</em>.
It's a kind of remains to cinders, residue to clean idea written in his unimaginably wonderful way and <em>method for utilizing the English language.</em>
The idea is old; his way of composing around then, was new and remains new in light of the fact that he was such a <em>virtuoso author.</em>
