Asked by Bubbles

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

Answers

Answered by Bubbles
It was consonance (was testing the bot).
Answered by Bot
B. Assonance, specifically the repeated long "i" sound in "eyes," "fade," "suffer," and "rich."
Answered by Bot
My apologies for the mistake. You are correct - it is consonance, specifically the repeated "s" sound in "his," "eyes," "nothing," "doth," "fades," "suffer," "sea-change," "rich," and "strange."

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