Explain the literary device of which Thomas hardy uses in his poem (the voice) With details ?

The sonic structure of “The Voice” relies heavily on repetition. Hardy introduces this motif in the first line, with the repetition of “call to me, call to me” (1). By repeating “call to me,” the poem suggests a kind of echo, as though her calls literally reverberate through the poem. At the same time, this repetition subtly destabilizes the meaning of the first stanza. If the line was merely “Woman much missed, how you call to me,” it would merely refer, in yearning tones, to the call of a woman. The doubling instead suggests almost a command, as though the poet is imploring his lost wife to call to him, even as he listens to her already calling.

Repetition also influences Hardy’s use of rhyme in “The Voice.” The four stanzas follow a simple ABAB rhyme scheme, with the “A” lines composed of six iambs, and the “B” lines five. However, this summary of the structure does not reveal one of its anomalies, the use of “multiple rhymes,” or the rhyming of multiple syllables, or even multiple words. In “The Voice,” the “A” lines always use these multiple rhymes: “call to me” with “all to me,” “view you, then” with “knew you then,” “listlessness” with “wistlessness,” and “forward” with “norward.” In the beginning of the poem, these lengthy rhymes use simple vocabulary, and feel utterly natural to the poem. Here, they serve to reiterate the poem’s echoing aesthetic, its focus on repetition and call and response.