Question

A Sunset of the City
by Gwendolyn Brooks

Tin intimations of a quiet core to be my

Desert and my dear relief



Reprinted By Consent of Brooks Permissions

Question
Use the lines to answer the question.

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

(1 point)
Responses

enjambment
enjambment

internal rhyme
internal rhyme

rhyme scheme
rhyme scheme

caesura
caesura

alliteration

Answer 1

Answers: enjambment and alliteration.

- Enjambment: the sentence runs over the line break ("to be my" / "Desert and my dear relief").
- Alliteration: repeated initial consonant sounds ("Tin intimations"; "desert" / "dear").