What are the Literary Devices used in 'The Brook' by Lord Tennyson?
'The Brook' by Lord Tennyson is packed with Literary Devices. A List of such evices employed by Tennyson is given below:
‘I” – The brook is personified
‘I` ................`(Line – 1) & ‘I...............`(Line – 2) of the first stanza is an example of Anaphora (Anaphora is the repetition of a certain word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines of writing or speech)
“fairly foreland” and ”with willow weed” – Alliteration
Chatter – Onomatopoeia
chatter, chatter ; men may –Alliteration
.......................and in and out – Antithesis (Antithesis is a figure of speech opposing or contrasting ideas are placed closed to each other. It brings out of the contrast in the ideas)
.........about and – Alliteration
here and there – Antithesis
foamy flake, golden gravel –Alliteration
All along, men may – Alliteration
Men may – Repetition
Come ................go – Antithesis.
I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance – Asyndeton (is a figure of speech in which one or several conjunctions are omitted from a series of related clauses)
Skimming swallows – sandy shallows – Alliteration
Murmur – Onomatopoeia.
And out again I curve and flow – Inversion ( literary technique in which the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect )
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