Question

The poem ends with image " the Holy Ghost over the bent / World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings'.

a) What is the literary device used here?
b) What is the Holy Ghost being compared to?
c) What is the effect (what does it help you to understand about the Holy ghost?)?​

Answer 1

I would believe the literary device is would either be a metaphor or an onomatopoeia because of the “ah”
the holy ghost is being compared to a bird to some extent
this helps you understand the physical Appearance of the ghost, it is flying over people, watching, preying almost.