Match each excerpt from "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman to the poetic device used.

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1. I ascend from the moon, I ascend from the night,

2. Hous-es and rooms are full of per-fumes

3. O suns-O grass of graves-O perpetual transfers and promotions,

4. (No doubt I have died myself ten thousand times before.)

Pairs

alliteration

assonance

rhyme

parallelism

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Nathanial Rasmussen

27 February, 17:45

Match each excerpt from "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman to the poetic device used.

Tiles

1. I ascend from the moon, I ascend from the night,

2. Hous-es and rooms are full of per-fumes

3. O suns-O grass of graves-O perpetual transfers and promotions,

4. (No doubt I have died myself ten thousand times before.)

Pairs

alliteration

assonance

rhyme

parallelism

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Joey Blake · Answer 1

1.) Alliteration: O suns-O grass of graves-O perpetual transfers and promotions.

2.) Assonance: I ascend from the moon, I ascend from the night.

3.) Rhyme: Hous-es and rooms are full of per-fumes.

4.) Parallelism: (No doubt I have died myself ten thousand times before.)