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English, 04.12.2019 04:31, tatemelliott

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

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 β€”
it powders all the wood.
it fills with alabaster wool

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