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English, 26.09.2019 06:30 kristinaholahan

The following stanza from john donne’s poem, “a valediction forbidding mourning,” is known for its use of what poetic device?

“if they be two, they are two so
as stiff twin compasses are two;
thy soul the fixed foot, makes no show
to move, but doth, if th’other do.”

a. alliteration
b. consonance
c. conceit
d. caesura

i think it's c, but it could also be a.

edit: nevermind, i marked c and got it right, so if anyone needed this answer, the answer is c.

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