The poetic device that Hopkins uses in the first few lines of 'Carrion Comfort' while addressing…
In the opening lines of 'Carrion Comfort' ('Not, I'll not, carrion comfort, Despair, not feast on thee'), Hopkins directly addresses personified 'Despair', using the device…
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The poetic device that Hopkins uses in the first few lines of 'Carrion Comfort' while addressing 'Despair' is _________.
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In the opening lines of 'Carrion Comfort' ('Not, I'll not, carrion comfort, Despair, not feast on thee'), Hopkins directly addresses personified 'Despair', using the device of Apostrophe (and Personification/Metaphor).
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