In Robert Frost's poem, "Out, out—", find a use of: paradox, metaphor, irony, metonymy, allusion, personification, symbol, and imagery.The buzz...

In Robert Frost's poem, "Out, out—", there are a number of
literary devices employed.

Paradox is
seen with the following line which describes the boy doing a man's job. One might be
confused that a boy could do a man's job, but he is a "big" boy, old enough to do the
work—perhaps, however, there is a chiding or sorrowful note that a boy
was doing a man's job...

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...big boy / Doing a man's work, though a child
at
heart--

Irony
can be found in the following passage. The irony is that the boy is given a man's job,
but more than knowing how to cut the wood, the boy is man enough to
know the implications of what has happened with this accident—what it means to
him: losing the use of his hand, or
worse...

Then
the boy saw all--

Since he was old enough to know, big
boy

Doing a man's work, though a child at
heart--

He saw all
spoiled.

There is a
metaphor in the line that speaks of the boy being anesthetized
during surgery as they try to save his hand—his life:

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The doctor put him in the dark of
ether...

title="Metonymy"
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is used with the following line, which is used instead of saying, "It's time to eat."
Here "supper" represents the process of eating a
meal.

To tell them
'Supper'...

We see
allusion in the mountain ranges that are described here, may be
referring to the Green Mountains, which are a part of the Appalachian Mountain
range.

Five
mountain ranges one behind the other

Under the sunset far
into Vermont.

An example of
personification refers to the hand and the saw as things "meeting"
like people would. (There is also a play on words here, the giving of a hand is what one
does in meeting someone—people shake hands)...

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He must have given the hand. However it
was,

Neither refused the
meeting.

One
symbol may be found in the "hand." In some cultures, the image of
the hand ( href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamsa">hamsa) is
seen...

...as
a superstitious defense against the evil eye [bad
luck].

In this case, the
boy's loss of hand indicates his loss of luck or defense against something bad.  The
hand is symbolic in the Christian faith as a sign of a blessing, but also a title="benediction"
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form of blessing. However, the hand might represent the expressiveness of a hand:
something that can share a sense of love—with a touch, can complete a task, clap with
joy, or be held by another in love or affection. It can offer comfort, be extended in
friendship, or hold a child. It seems symbolic of life here in
all that a hand means to a person: especially to a working man,
which the boy hopes to be
someday.

Imagery is used throughout
the poem. In fact, the literary devices you have mentioned above are all forms of
imagery. However, an example of imagery that does not pertain to
one of the devices mentioned can be seen in:

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And made dust and dropped stove-length sticks of
wood,

Sweet-scented stuff when the breeze drew
across it.