Find the literary divices of the poem wind

1.	Find the literary divices of the poem wind
Answer» The literary devices used are as follows –\tAnaphora - When a word is repeated at the start of two or more consecutive lines, it is the device of Anaphora.Lines 2, 3, 4 begin with ‘don’t’.Lines 6, 7, 8 begin with ‘you’.\tPersonification – wind has been personified. When the poet says ‘you are’, he is referring to wind as ‘you’ that means he is treating wind as a person.\tRepetition - ‘crumbling’ is repeated many times to lay emphasis. The poet wants to say that the wind crushes everything that is weak. That is why he repeats the word crumbling.\tAlliteration - the repetition of a consonant sound in close connection. ‘wind winnows’. ‘won’t want’\tSymbolism - Symbolism means that the thing refers to some other thing. wind is a symbol. It refers to the challenges in life. He is using wind as a symbol for the adversities in our life.

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