Which pair of lines from T. S. Elliot's "Rhapsody on a Windy Night" is an example of onomatopoeia?

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Aditya Sims

7 March, 21:48

Which pair of lines from T. S. Elliot's "Rhapsody on a Windy Night" is an example of onomatopoeia?

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Wrinkles · Answer 1

Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech that refers to words imitating sounds. In the poem of T. S. Elliot, "Rhapsody on a Windy Night," these are lines that shows an example of onomatopoeia:

"The street lamp sputtered,/The street lamp muttered,/The street lamp said ..."

"The lamp sputtered,/The lamp hummed,/The lamp said ..."