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Question
Which literary device is used in the last two lines:
Tinkling, luminous, tender, and clear, Like her bridal laughter and bridal tear.
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Solution
The poet has used simile by comparing using the word like. He also uses paradox when he refers to the brides happiness on getting married( laughter) and sadness(tear) at being separated from her parents.
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