All the literary devices contribute to the work of William Blake by pointing out the tragic flaws in man: cruelty, jealousy, terror, and secrecy. Repetition and alliteration are literary devices similar throughout the poem A Divine Image. Human is repeated in every line of the poem as a result ‘h’ is a familiar letter seen also in the lines. For example, “the human heart, its hungry gorge” and “cruelty has a human heart”. The repetition of “human” leads the reader to the consideration of man being a major part of the theme of the poem. Repetition and alliteration also contributes to the insistent sound in the poem causing a simple flow of thoughts from line to line and a harsh tone to the
All the literary devices contribute to the work of William Blake by pointing out the tragic flaws in man: cruelty, jealousy, terror, and secrecy. Repetition and alliteration are literary devices similar throughout the poem A Divine Image. Human is repeated in every line of the poem as a result ‘h’ is a familiar letter seen also in the lines. For example, “the human heart, its hungry gorge” and “cruelty has a human heart”. The repetition of “human” leads the reader to the consideration of man being a major part of the theme of the poem. Repetition and alliteration also contributes to the insistent sound in the poem causing a simple flow of thoughts from line to line and a harsh tone to the