Question

What are all the poetic devices in 'The River' by Charles Kingsley. (E.G. Rhyming scheme, metaphor, personification, Hyperbole, Alliteration, Imagery, onomatopoeia, Simile)

Poem:

Clear and cool, clear and cool,


By laughing shallow, and dreaming pool;


Cool and clear, cool and clear,


By shining shingle (stones, pebble), and foaming weir (waterfall);


Under the crag (rock) where the ouzel (bird) sings,


And the ivied (covered with ivy plants) wall where the church-bell rings,


Undefiled (pure), for the undefiled;


Play by me; bathe in me, mother and child.




Dank (Wet, Damp) and foul (unclean) dank and foul,


By the smoky town in its murky (dark, gloomy) cowl;


Foul and dank, foul and dank,


By wharf (dock) and sewer (drain) and slimy bank;


Darker and darker the farther I go,


Baser (lower) and baser the richer I grow;


Who dare sport with the sin-defiled (ruined)?


Shrink from me, turn from me, mother and child.




Strong and free, strong and free,


The floodgates are open, away to the sea.


Free and strong, free and strong,


Cleansing my streams as I hurry along


To the golden sands, and the leaping bar,


And the taintless tide that awaits me afar,


As I lose myself in the infinite main,


Like a soul that has sinned and is pardoned again.


Undefiled, for the undefiled;


Play by me; bathe in me, mother and child.

Answer 1

Answer:

metaphor , ONOMATOPOEIA , Personification, simile

Explanation:

Metaphor:  A Figure of speech comparing two things without “like” or “as”.

1.    The river’s a winder

2.    The river’s a hoarder

3.    The river’s a singer

4.    The river’s a monster

ONOMATOPOEIA: is a sound that things make

1.    Hums

2.    Gurgles

3.    Sucking

4.    Gobbled

5.    Swallow

Personification: A figure of speech gives human qualities to things

He doesn’t choose

He twists and he turns

He just cannot be still

And he buries down deep

He gurgles and Hums

Sucking his thumbs

As he dances along

He’s gobbled up trees

SIMILE: A figure of speech comparing two things using “like “or “as”.

And sounds like he’s happily sucking his thumbs

Answer 2

Imagery: “clear and cool”
repetition: “strong and free…”
simile: “like a soul that has sinned.”