What Are The Poetic Devices (alliteration, Repetition Of Words, Structures, Phrases Etc.) Used In The Poem 'Leisure' By William Henry Davies?

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The poem is rich in similes and personification. Examples of alliteration are:' stand and stare', 'beneath the boughs', 'when woods we pass','Streams full of stars like skies'..The similles are:And stare as long as sheep or cows',' like skies at night'( any comparison with the use of 'as' or 'like' is a simille). In the last few lines Beauty has been personified as a woman __
 
'No time to turn at Beauty's glance
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began'
 
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