in the mystical moist nigt air and from time ti time lookd up in perfect silence at the stars
which of these poetic devices i used here
rhyme
simile
alliteration
personification
The poetic devices used in the given phrase are:
- Alliteration: "mystical moist" and "looked up"
- Personification: attributing the action of looking up to the night air, which is not capable of looking
- Imagery: creating a vivid and descriptive scene of the night air and stars
In the sentence, "in the mystical moist night air and from time to time looked up in perfect silence at the stars," the poetic devices used are:
1. Alliteration: "mystical moist" and "perfect silence" both utilize repeated consonant sounds to create a lyrical effect.
2. Personification: The phrase "looked up in perfect silence at the stars" gives human characteristics to the act of "looking" by describing it with a verb typically associated with humans.
Analyzing the given sentence, it appears that the poetic devices used are simile and personification.
1. Simile: A simile is a figure of speech that compares two things using the words "like" or "as." In the sentence you provided, there is a comparison between looking up at the stars and the mystical moist night air, indicating a simile being used.
2. Personification: Personification is a poetic device that gives human qualities or attributes to non-human entities. In your sentence, there is personification when the night air is described as "mystical" and it "looks up in perfect silence." By attributing human-like qualities of looking up and being silent to the night air, personification is used.
Rhyme, on the other hand, is not present in the given sentence. Rhyme refers to the similarity of sounds between words or the repetition of sounds in poetry. There are no words in your sentence that rhyme with each other.
Alliteration is also not utilized in the sentence. Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words or stressed syllables. In your sentence, there are no words with repeated initial consonant sounds, so alliteration is not present.
Therefore, the poetic devices used in your sentence are simile and personification.