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d this passage:Hello to you, gray cat with your yellow eyes,hello to you, quiet street replete with emptiness,hello to you, green grass growing,hello to you, heavy sky pressing down,misty morning, hello.Which literary device is being used in this poem?A.RepetitionB.SestinaC.RhymeD.Simile

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d this passage:Hello to you, gray cat with your yellow eyes,hello to you, quiet street replete with emptiness,hello to you, green grass growing,hello to you, heavy sky pressing down,misty morning, hello.Which literary device is being used in this poem?A.RepetitionB.SestinaC.RhymeD.Simile

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The literary device being used in this poem is A. Repetition. The word "hello" is repeated at the beginning of each line, which is a clear use of repetition.

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