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English, 04.12.2019 04:31 tatemelliott

It sifts from leaden sieves —
it powders all the wood.
it fills with alabaster wool
the wrinkles of the road —
it makes an even face
of mountain, and of plain —
unbroken forehead from the east
unto the east again —
it reaches to the fence —
it wraps it rail by rail
till it is lost in fleeces —
it deals celestial vail
to stump, and stack — and stem —
a summer’s empty room —
acres of joints, where harvests were,
recordless, but for them —
it ruffles wrists of posts
as ankles of a queen —
then stills its artisans — like ghosts —
denying they have been —

in dickinson's poem, the line "on stump and stack and stem" is an example of

assonance.

simile.

repetition.

alliteration.

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It sifts from leaden sieves —
it powders all the wood.
it fills with alabaster wool
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