Which sound device most clearly connects the following lines?
"Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange."
A. alliteration
B. assonance **
C. consonance
D. dissonance
E. onomatopoeia
I’m so bad with poetry, if anyone can help i’d really appreciate it.
It was consonance.
For anyone else taking the test
1. “Full fathom five thy father lies” and “hark! Now I hear them,—ding-dong, bell”
2. Consonance
3. “Went snicker snack”
4. The impending confrontation between foes
I think it's D!
Definitely not alliteration (e.g. Slithery Sasha snake slyly steals slimy strawberry salads. Lol!) or onomatopoeia (e.g. Moo! went the cow. Boom! went the oven as whooshes of smoke slithers out to our fresh kitchen air.)
To determine which sound device most clearly connects the given lines, we need to look closely at the sounds that are repeated within the lines. Let's break down the lines and examine the sound patterns.
"Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange."
Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within words. Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds within words. Dissonance refers to a lack of harmony or discordant sounds. Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate or resemble the sounds associated with the objects or actions being described.
In the given lines, there is a repetition of the "s" sound in the words "his," "suffer," "sea-change," and "something." This repetition of the "s" sound is an example of assonance (choice B), where the same vowel sound is repeated within words.
Therefore, the correct answer is B. assonance.