... see that this is personification because the wire isn't literally tugging the wire. The effect is only created by the wind blowing the wire. In this verse, I can also see onomatopoeia. He uses the word "rumbles" to describe the effects of the artillery. This word allows us to hear the noise that they would be able to hear and feel in ... . He uses techniques like personification to show how extreme some examples of living in the trenches were. This includes when he wrote about the frost 'fastening' to the men. The onomatopoeia successfully allows us to hear the noises and crashes that th...

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... Owen. For instance, in Anthem for Doomed Youth this religious influence is used ironically to iconocise the "shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells" with Owen also managing to integrate stylish onomatopoeia and personification. Anthems are usually associated with solemn hymns of praise, again carrying on the religious influence but the title of Anthem for Doomed Youth is deliberately ironic. This is ... ...

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