Poetic Devices Practice 3

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Poetic Devices Practice 3
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On the dusty earth-drum
Beats the falling rain;
Now a whispered murmur,
Now a louder strain.
Which is NOT used in the above text?
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme
Consonance
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IDENTIFY A POETIC DEVICE in the above lines and EXPLAIN WHERE IT IS USED.
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Poetic Devices Practice 3
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Palely reflected in the amber-colored water;
Among them a constant banjo-twanging of frogs,
And shrilling of toads and of insects
Rises and falls in chorus rhythmic and stirring.
Which is NOT used in the above text?
Rhyme
Consonance
Onomatopoeia
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IDENTIFY A POETIC DEVICE in the above lines and EXPLAIN WHERE IT IS USED.
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Poetic Devices Practice 3
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When morning mingles with the gloom
On empty stage and twilit aisle,
She comes with rag and pan and broom
To work--and dream awhile.
Which is NOT used in the above text?
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme
Alliteration
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IDENTIFY A POETIC DEVICE in the above lines and EXPLAIN WHERE IT IS USED.
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Poetic Devices Practice 3
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Listen to the iron-horns, ripping, racking,
Listen to the quack-horns, slack and clacking.
Way down the road, trilling like a toad,
Which is NOT used in the above text?
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Enjambment
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IDENTIFY A POETIC DEVICE in the above lines and EXPLAIN WHERE IT IS USED.
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Poetic Devices Practice 3
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Where forlorn sunsets flare and fade
On desolate sea and lonely sand,
Which is NOT used in the above text?
Alliteration
Rhyme
Consonance
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IDENTIFY A POETIC DEVICE in the above lines and EXPLAIN WHERE IT IS USED.
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Poetic Devices Practice 3
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Uncompromising rude reality
Mangled the Monarch of our fashioning,
Which is NOT used in the above text?
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
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IDENTIFY A POETIC DEVICE in the above lines and EXPLAIN WHERE IT IS USED.
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Poetic Devices Practice 3
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Over the stubble, cawing, goes a rout
Of rooks from harvest, flagging as they fly.
Which is NOT used in the above text?
Rhyme
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
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IDENTIFY A POETIC DEVICE in the above lines and EXPLAIN WHERE IT IS USED.
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Poetic Devices Practice 3
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All the little sighing souls born of dust's despair,
They who fed on bitter bread when the world was bare,
Which is NOT used in the above text?
Rhythm
Enjambment
Alliteration
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IDENTIFY A POETIC DEVICE in the above lines and EXPLAIN WHERE IT IS USED.
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Poetic Devices Practice 3
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Strong silent greens serenely lingering,
Absolute lights like baths of golden snow.
Which is NOT used in the above text?
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
Consonance
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IDENTIFY A POETIC DEVICE in the above lines and EXPLAIN WHERE IT IS USED.
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Poetic Devices Practice 3
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The lewd, perennial, overmastering spell
that keeps the
rolling
universe
ensphered
Which is NOT used in the above text?
Assonance
Alliteration
Enjambment
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IDENTIFY A POETIC DEVICE in the above lines and EXPLAIN WHERE IT IS USED.
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