Edgar Allan Poe uses a variety of poetic devices in his
dark, haunting poem, "Dreamland." Here are some of
them.
1) Rhyme: The poem consists of rhyming couplets,
meaning that line a and b rhyme, lines c and d rhyme, and so
on.
2) Rhythm: Most of the poem's line contain 8
syllables.
3) Alliteration: Poe often packs a line with
words that begin with the same consonant sound. For
example:
wild
wierdBottomless vales and boundless
floodsdews that drip all
over
4) Assonance: Poe
sometimes packs a line with words that have the same vowel sound in the middle
position. For example:
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wild weird
clime that lieth
sublime
Their
still waters--still and
chilly
5)
Personification: Poe describes non-human entities as if they were human. For example,
he writes that "NIGHT,/ on a black throne reigns
upright."
6) Allusion: Poe uses references to literature
and mythology. Look up the origin of Titan and
Eldorado
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