Question

in Walt Whitmans "Song of Myself", what poetic device can be found in the following line: "failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged"? alliteration, metaphor, apostrophe, simile, personification

Answer 1

In the line "failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged" from Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself," the poetic device used is **alliteration**. This is characterized by the repetition of the initial consonant sound in the words "failing," "fetch," and "first."