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Far far from gusty waves these children’s faces. Like rootless weeds, the hair torn round their pallor: The tall girl with her weighed –down head. Which is the figure of speech used in the first lines??

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The figure of speech used in the given lines are:

Alliteration- 'Far From'. As the sound of 'F' repeats in the words, thus it is alliteration.

Simile- 'Children's faces like rootless weeds', the poet compares the children's faces with rootless weeds.

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