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Quinten Schmeler

Feb 20, 2025

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

A. assonance
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Russ Strosin

Feb 20, 2025

A. assonanceExplanation:Assonance is a stylistic literary technique that is found in a text when two or more neighboring words (which may or not be separated by a few words) have the same vowel sound. This technique is emphasized in both poetic passages, here are the passages with words that have assonance (underlined and bolded):-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")... Show More
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Russ Strosin

Feb 20, 2025

A. assonance  Explanation:Assonance is a complex abstract method that is found in a content when at least two neighboring words have a similar vowel sound. This system is accentuated in both idyllic entries.... Show More
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Russ Strosin

Feb 20, 2025

C. repetitionExplanation:Both of these poems employ the sound device of repetition. In the first case, the author uses repetition in the case of the words "rose" and "beat." In the second excerpt, the author uses repetition in the case of the phrases "we rest," "we rise" and "we feel." In both poems, the authors use repetition in order to give a particular rhythm to the poems as well as to highlight certain concepts and ideas.... Show More
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Russ Strosin

Feb 20, 2025

the answer is if your using plato the answer is A.assonance i hope this works if so then let me knowExplanation:please follow me... Show More
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Russ Strosin

Feb 20, 2025

The sound device that is emphasized in both of the passages is C. repetition.Explanation:In poetry, repetition helps create a rhythmic pattern as well as emphasize an idea. It can consist of repeating the same word or phrase, sometimes even whole lines. In the passages we are studying here, we can notice the repetition of a several words and phrases: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")Note that there are other sound devices being used, but the most evident one is repetition, especially in Longfellow's poem. In Shelley's poem, the plural subject is being emphasized. The repetition of "we" aims to show readers how life and death are the same for all of us.... Show More
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Russ Strosin

Feb 20, 2025

The sound device which is emphasized in both of the above poetic passages is:B. alliterationExplanation:Alliteration is a figure of speech. When the same consonant sound is repeated within a sentence or group of words. It helps to add a specific rhyme or effect in the narrative work. The same letter and the same sound has been repeated many times in the two passages. Hence, the sound device used is alliteration.... Show More
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Russ Strosin

Feb 20, 2025

I would say alliteration but, consonance seems to be more agreeable.... Show More
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