A Sunset of the City

Question

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

internal rhyme
internal rhyme

caesura
caesura

rhyme scheme
rhyme scheme

enjambment
enjambment

alliteration
alliteration

Answer 1

In the lines from "A Sunset of the City" by Gwendolyn Brooks, the poet mainly uses the following two poetic elements:

1. Internal rhyme - The use of similar sounds within the same line, which can be seen in the repetition of sounds in "tin intimations."

2. Alliteration - The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words, as seen in "Desert" and "dear."

Therefore, the correct responses are internal rhyme and alliteration.