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What poetic devices/literary terms are used in the poem The Sharks by Denise Levertov?

I need to know Specific literary terms/poetic devices used in this poem. Define the term of the Device and cite specific examples used within the poem PLEASE & THANKYOU! even if u can only half answer I would really appreciate it.

The Sharks
by Denise Levertov

Well then, the last day the sharks appeared. Dark fins appear, innocent as if in fair warning. The sea becomes sinister, are they everywhere? I tell you, they break six feet of water. Isn’t it the same sea, and won’t we play in it any more? I like it clear and not too calm, enough waves to fly in on. For the first time I dared to swim out of my depth. It was sundown when they came, the time when a sheen of copper still the sea, not dark enough for moonlight, clear enough to see them easily. Dark the sharp lift of the fins.

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alliteration as in “still sea” and “still the sea”. Also rhyming.

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