I Will Marry When I Want

What are some of the stylistic devices used in Ngungi Wa Mirii's, I Will Marry When I Want?

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"Your face shone like the clear moon at night, / Your eyes like the stars in heaven"

pg. 22 (Simile)

"A flower is robbed of the colours by the fruit it bears"

pg. 29 (Metaphor)

"Are we the rubbish heap of religions?"

pg. 9 (Personification)

I’ll always help this organization, / With my strength and property, / I’ll help members of this organization, / So that if a bean falls to the ground / We split it among ourselves.

pg. 69 (Metaphor)

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I Will Marry When I Want