Question
Read the excerpt from "After the Winter Rain" by Ina Coolbrith. Then, answer the question that follows.
Woods shall ring, blithe and happy,
With bird-trill and twitter,
Though the skies weep to-day,
And the winds are bitter.
Which sound device is illustrated in the bolded text?
Consonance
Internal rhyme
Onomatopoeia
Repetition
Woods shall ring, blithe and happy,
With bird-trill and twitter,
Though the skies weep to-day,
And the winds are bitter.
Which sound device is illustrated in the bolded text?
Consonance
Internal rhyme
Onomatopoeia
Repetition
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The sound device illustrated in the bolded text is **consonance**. This is evident from the repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity, specifically with the "r" and "t" sounds in "bird-trill and twitter."