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Like part one, the second part also has a number of literary devices. List them out in the same way as you had done in question number seven and explain them.
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Solution
| Excerpt | Literary device |
| 1. out of the sea come he, | Personification: The sun has been compared to a human being capable of movement. |
| 2. And it would work’em woe. | Alliteration: The letter’ w’ has been repeated thrice. |
| 3. Nor dim nor red, like God’s own head, | Simile: Sun has been compared to God’s glorious head. |
| 4. The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew The furrow followed free | Alliteration: The letter ‘f has been repeated and blew and flew has repetition of ew sound. |
| 5. And we did speak only to break the silence of the sea! | Hyperbole: The speakers have exaggerated their action of speaking. |
| 6. All in a hot and copper sky the bloody sun at noon | Metaphor: Sky and the sun have been indirectly compared to copper and blood respectively. |
| 7. As idle as a painted ship | Simile: The ship has been compared to a painting. |
| 8. Day after day, day after Say | Repetition: The words have been repeated. |
| 9. Water, water every where not any drop to drink. | Irony: Though there is lot of water but the sailors could not drink even a single drop. |
| 10. The death-fires danced at night. | Personification: Fire has been shown as doing a dance of death. |
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