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27 April, 12:38

Which sound device is emphasized in both of these poetic passages?

-By the shores of Gitche Gumee,

By the shining Big-Sea-Water,

Stood the wigwam of Nokomis,

Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis.

Dark behind it rose the forest,

Rose the black and gloomy pine-trees,

Rose the firs with cones upon them;

Bright before it beat the water,

Beat the clear and sunny water,

Beat the shining Big-Sea-Water.

(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "The Song of Hiawatha")

We rest.-A dream has power to poison sleep;

We rise.-One wandering thought pollutes the day;

We feel, conceive or reason, laugh or weep;

Embrace fond woe, or cast our cares away:

(Percy Shelley, "Mutability")

A. assonance

B. alliteration

C. repetition

D. consonance

E. onomatopoeia

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  1. 27 April, 14:26
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    Most likely, A, assonance
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