poet

icdev
icesusedi
nthepoem Keepi
ngQui
et

All
iter
ati
on:I
tist
her epeti
ti
onofconsonantsoundsatthebegi
nni
ngofwords.e.
g.“
wewi
l
lcount
”,
“suddenstr
angeness”,“st
opforonesecond”,“
hishur
thands”,
“cl
eancl
othes”
.

Repet
it
ion:I
tist
her
epet
it
ionofphr
asesi
nthepoem f
orpoet
icef
fect
.e.
g.“
wit
houtr
ush,
wit
hout
engi
nes“.

Symboli
sm:Thepoetusesv ari
oussymbolsinthepoem.e. g.“Brot
hers”symboli
semanki
nd,
“gr
eenwars”ref
ert
odef or
estat
ion,“
warswit
hgas”referstopol
lut
ion,“
cleancl
othes”sy
mbol
i
se
changeofper
spect
ive,
“shade”symboli
sespr
otect
ionetc.

Anti
thesis:I
tis thejuxt
aposi
ti
onofopposi
ngorcontr
asti
ngideas.e.g.“
countt
otwelv
eandwe
wil
lallkeepsti
ll
”.Her
ecounti
ngandkeepi
ngsti
l
larecontr
asti
ngactiv
iti
esandareputt
oget
her
.

Per
sonif
icat
ion:i
tistheat
tri
but
ionofhumanchar
act
eri
sti
cst
onon-
humant
hingsandani
mal
s.
e.
g.“Ear
thcanteachusaswhenev er
ythi
ng“
.

Metaphor
:Iti
susedtomakeacompar i
sonbetweentwot
hingst
hatar
en’
tal
i
kebutdohav
e
somethi
ngincommon.e.
g.“
shade”r
efer
stoprot
ecti
on.

Enjambment:Itisthecontinuati
onofasent encetothenextl ine/stanza.I
nthepoem,many
sentencescont
inuetomul
tipleli
nes.e.
g.“
Nowwewi l
lcounttotwelveandwewi l
lal
lkeepsti
l
l.”
,
“ForonceonthefaceoftheEar t
hlet’
snotspeakinanylanguage,let’
sstopforonesecond,and
notmov eourarmssomuch. ”etc.