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A Sunset of the City
by Gwendolyn Brooks

Tin intimations of a quiet core to be my

Desert and my dear relief



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Question
Use the lines to answer the question.

What poetic elements does the poet mainly use in these lines? Select the two correct answers.

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Responses

internal rhyme
internal rhyme

rhyme scheme
rhyme scheme

alliteration
alliteration

enjambment
enjambment

caesura

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Alliteration and enjambment.

- Alliteration: e.g., "Desert" and "dear" repeat the initial /d/ sound.
- Enjambment: the thought runs over the line break ("...to be my" / "Desert and my dear relief").