Identify the poetic device used in the following lines from the poem. • Bright and munificent lord of the morn! • We bring thee our lives and our labours for tribute
The poetic device used is 'apostrophe' as the speaker directly addresses the Sun (Surya) as if it were present and could respond. The line also uses 'epithet' with descriptive adjectives 'Bright and munificent lord.'
The poetic device used is 'alliteration' with the repetition of the 'l' sound in 'lives and our labours.' The line also uses 'metaphor' as lives and labours are offered as tribute.
Explanation
(i) An apostrophe is a figure of speech where the speaker addresses someone absent or something non-human as if present and capable of responding. (ii) Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in close proximity.