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."
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
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