The use of ‘hern’ by the poet (Lord Tennyson) is an example of poetic license. The word ‘heron’ has been turned into ‘hern’ to match the rhyming word ‘fern’. Heron is a large water-bird. . . .
'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 . . .
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