What are the poetic devices in First Love by John Clare?

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There is the use of enjambment (when sentences carry on to the next line) this may indicate the poets continuous thought of his 'first love.'

ABAB rhyme scheme

Simile-'her face it bloomed like a sweet flower'

Dramatic irony- 'Are flower's the winters choice' One knows that flowers don't grow in Winter, however Clare doesn't.

Oxymoron-'silent voice'

Personification-'my heart has left its dwelling place...'

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