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Which poetic device does Dickinson use in the following lines of "Because I could not stop for Death"?

Lines 1-2: "Because I could not stop for Death -
He kindly stopped for me - -"
A. personification (an object or idea is given human-like characteristics)
B. alliteration (repetition of first consonant sound in a string of words)
C. simile (something is "like" or "as" something else)

 

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I could not stop for Death
     by Emily Dickinson
Because I could not stop for Death
He kindly stopped for me
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    Line 15: "For only Gossamerr my Gown --"
A. metaphor (the comparison of two unlike things)
B. alliteration (repetition of first consonant sound in a string of words)
C. simile (the comparison of two unlike things using "as" or "like")

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