Which poetic device is used in the sentence "There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the
heart"?
enjambment
metaphor
consonance
assonance<-----
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If you don't count "iciness," I think you're right. Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds, thus -- sinking and sickening. (short i sound)
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