Question

Read the excerpt from "VI" by Emily Dickinson.

If you were coming in the fall,
I'd brush the summer by
With half a smile and half a spurn,
As housewives do a fly.

Which phrase includes assonance?

"were coming"
"in the fall"
"brush the summer"
"As housewives do"
GPT-4o mini
The phrase that includes assonance is "brush the summer." In this phrase, the repetition of the vowel sound in "brush" and "summer" creates a subtle assonance effect.

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