Question

An Autumn Day
by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Leaden skies and a lonesome shadow

Where summer has passed with her gorgeous train;

Snow on the mountain, and frost on the meadow –

A white face pressed to the window pane;

A cold mist falling, a bleak wind calling,

And oh! but life seems vain.



"An Autumn Day" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Question
Use the lines to answer the question.

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

(1 point)
Responses

assonance
assonance

consonance
consonance

figurative language
figurative language

repetition
repetition

caesura

Answer 1

Correct answers: consonance and figurative language.

- Figurative language: the poem uses personification (e.g., "summer has passed with her gorgeous train," a "bleak wind calling").
- Consonance: repeated consonant sounds occur (for example the "ll" sound in "falling" / "calling," and other repeated consonants throughout the lines).