Literary Devices Used in The Poem Among School Children

Literary Devices Used Among School Children Alliteration is the repetition of the same letter in a group of words. I walk through the long schoolroom questioning; A kind old nun in a white hood replies; The children learn to cipher and to sing, To study reading-books and history The /k/ and /s/ are good examples as they appear very casually instead of giving a high pitch to the poetic flow. The “q” in question and “k” in-kind have shared sounds.  The /s/ in “cipher”, “sing” and “study” explains the school subjects of the children with great simplicity. “O” appears in “O chestnut tree”, “O body”, and “O brightening glance” and it brings out the sudden emotions of the poet.    The /b/ b/sound in “blossomer”, “Blossom”, “bole”, “body” and “brightening” brings the lyrical qualities of a poem. More examples could be given such as  “sing, study, sew”, “ modern and momentary”, “ sixty and smiling”,” body and bent”, “tale, told, trivial and tragedy”, “Plato’s and “parable”, swan and something “, “ sle…