Repetition - 'Hold! Stop! Don't pity me! Hold! Stop your sympathy!', Colloquial dictation - 'But ain't I lucky I can still breathe in.', Alliteration - 'A little less hair, a little less chin, A lot less lungs and much less wind.'', Exclamation - 'Understanding if you got it, Otherwise I'll do without it!', Symbolism - 'Don't bring me no rocking chair.', Simile - 'Like a sack left on a shelf,', Imagery - 'When my bones are stiff and aching', Anaphora - 'And run my stick along the public railings And make up for the sobriety of my youth.', Contrast - 'And pick flowers in other people's gardens And learn to spit.', Enjambment - 'When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn't suit me.', Listing - 'And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.', Sibilance - 'And pay our rent and not swear in the street And set a good example for the children.', Rhetorical Question - 'But maybe I ought to practice a little now?',

'On Aging' and 'Warning' Literary Devices

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