John Milton's "How soon hath Time" includes metaphors and some alliteration, though metaphor is the more dominant literary device in this poem. Milton primarily uses metaphor to describe the passage of time and the process of aging.
The first stanza of the sonnet reads,
How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,Stol'n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!My hasting days fly on with full career,But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th. (1-4)
Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truthThat...
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