Question

Read the lines from "There Was a Child Went Forth" and answer the question. And the apple-trees cover'd with blossoms, and the fruit 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

Answer 1

Answer:

Anaphora and imagery

Answer 2

anaphora

Anaphora is the repetition of words at the beginning of a group of clauses or sentences in order to add emphasis to them. Here the clauses all begin with "And the". It only changes towards the end when it says "And all the". This repetition emphasizes all the things that he sees wherever he goes and how they are all similar no matter where he goes.

An allegory is a story that has a deeper hidden meaning. Imagery is using words to paint an image in the reader's mind. While this passage does describe everything that is seen, the images are meant to be general so that it's as if they could take place anywhere. Metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as.