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22 January, 23:20

What poetic devices are used in this poem? Where? (At least 3)

Once I wasn't always so plain.

I was strewn feathers on a cross

of dune, an expanse of ocean

at my feet, garlands of gulls.

Sirens and gulls. They couldn't tame you.

You know as well as they: to be

a dove is to bear the falcon

at your breast, your nights, and your seas.

My fear is simple, heart-faced

above a flare of etchings, a lineage

in letters, my sudden stare. It's you.

It's you! sang the heart upon its mantel

pelvis. Blush of my breath, catch

of my see-beautiful bird-it's you.

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  1. 22 January, 23:46
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    "Strewn feathers" are a metaphor for chaos. It can also be a bit of a paradox because feathers are lightweight, and chaos is a serious and heavy matter.

    "Sang the heart upon its mantel" in the last stanza is personification.

    "See", again in the last stanza, is a homophone, or a word whose pronunciation has double meaning. The poet could mean see as is sight, but also implying sea like the body of water.
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