9Jun English Grade 10 – 5 Poetry Devices Matching from a poem by admin Match poetic devices to the examples1. Paradox2. a diploma described as “his passport from the years of brutal toil”3. Simile4. Hyberbole5. Oxymoron“empty strength” –“every pencil meant a sacrifice” –“like a young bear inside his teller's cage” –“slaving to free him” –a diploma described as “his passport from the years of brutal toil” –