The Refrain, alliteration, onomotopia, repetition, imaging, personification in the poem are..??

These terms are known as figures of speech.

Refrain is the repetition of a word or a phrase. For example, 'For men may come and men may go'.

Alliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant sound. For example, 'I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance'.

Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech that represents the sound associated with an object. For example, 'babble'.

Repetition means the repetition of a word, a phrase or a clause to emphasise on a point. For example, 'chatter,chatter'.

Imagery is a description which evokes readers senses of sight, smell, hearing, touch and taste. Metaphors and similes are also considered as imagery. For example, "I babble on the pebbles".

Personification is a literary device that assigns human qualities to inanimate and abstract things. For example, "I make the netted sunbeam dance".

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figues of speech..

repeating lines=refrain

alliteration=1st alphabet gets repeated

onomatopoeia=sounding words

repetition=word repeats

imagery=everything is based on imagination

personification=any thing  is given the quality of human (ex. my catty is singing to give invitation)

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