Ella Wilson Poem Literary Devices

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Ella Wilcox, displays through this poem lots of wisdom, each and every line conveys an individual message to the reader. Moreover, the overall message the poet has conveyed, is that determination and motivation are the factors that help keep you optimistic and hopeful. Wilcox throws in a plethora of literary devices that give the poem a deeper meaning, as well as a nice flow. Nevertheless, almost every other line in the poem holds an internal rhyme which adds an enjoyable rhythmic sense to it. In addition to that, she uses other literary terms such as personifications, similes, and hyperboles. Though, the two literary devices that stood out the most in this poem were imagery and symbolism. The first imagery that caught my eye was, “It is better

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