The sound device found in the lines of "The Song of Wandering Aengus" is alliteration. Alliteration occurs when the same initial consonant sound is repeated in close proximity. In these lines, you can find examples like "hollow lands" and "hilly lands," where the "l" sound is repeated.
Identify the sound device found in the following lines of the poem “The Song of Wandering Aengus.”
“Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
I will find out where she has gone,
And kiss her lips and take her hands;”
-William Butler Yeats
Alliteration
Assonance
Refrain
Rhyme
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