Poem 1 – A PhotographPoetic Devices1. Alliteration – repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of two or more consecutive words. The instances of alliteration in the poem are as follows-Stood stillThrough theirMy mother’sTerribly transientSilence silences2. Epithet – a phrase expressing a quality of a person or somethingTerribly transient3. Oxymoron – a term which contradicts itselfLaboured ease Poem 2 – The Laburnum TopLiterary Devices1. Alliteration – repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of two or more consecutive words. The instances of alliteration in the poem are as follows-September sunlighttree trembles2. Metaphor – an indirect comparison between two things. Generally, a quality is compared.“She enters the thickness, and a machine starts up” – the noise created by the movement of the birds is compared to the machine’s noise“It is the engine of her family.”“Showing her barred face identity mask”3. Personification – the attribution of personal nature characteristics to something non-humanThe whole tree trembles and thrills.4. Simile – comparison between two things using like or as.Sleek as a lizard5. Transferred Epithet – the figure of speech where the adverb is transferred to another nounher barred face identity mask Poem 3 – The Voice of the RainLiterary Devices1. Hyperbole – exaggerated statementsBottomless sea2. Imagery – visual description of somethingSoft-falling shower3. Metaphor – an indirect comparison between the qualities of different thingsI am the Poem of Earth – rain is being compared to a poem4. Personification – the poet used a non-living thing as a living thing in the poetI am the Poem of Earth, said the voice of the rain Poem 4 – ChildhoodPoetic Devices1. Alliteration – The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected wordsThe timeMy mindWhichever wayThoughts that2. Antithesis – where two opposite words are used together in a sentence in a poemHell and Heaven3. Individuality – In stanza 3, the poet realized that he can use his own mind and can produce his own thoughts. He discovered a sense of individuality in himself.4. Inversion – when the subject-verb order is reversedTo use whichever way I choose5. Rationalism – the poet rationalizes the lost childhood when he was eleven and when he found out that hell and heaven don’t exist and are not found in geography.Was it the day I ceased to be eleven,Was it the time I realized that Hell and Heaven,Could not be found in Geography,6. Refrain – a group of phrase which is repeated in the poemWhen did my childhood go?Was that the day!7. Rhyme Scheme – the rhyme scheme used in the poem ‘Childhood’ is ABBCCD. Poem 5 – Father to SonLiterary Devices1. Alliteration – The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected wordsThe seed I spent or sown it where – ‘s’ soundSilence surrounds us2. Metaphor – an indirect comparison between a quality shared by two persons or thingsThe seed I spent or sown it whereThe land is his and none of mine?I would haveHim prodigal, returning toHis father’s house3. Simile – a figure of speech that makes comparison and shows similarities between two thingsWe speak like strangers