In the first stanza of "It sifts from Leaden Sieves," the effect of the words with w and o sounds (powders, wood, wool, road) reminds the reader of the word snow. The use of these specific sounds helps to evoke the imagery associated with snow, highlighting its gentle, encompassing nature as it covers the landscape.
It sifts from
Leaden Sieves
by Emily Dickinson
It sifts from leaden sieves, It powders all the wood, It fills with alabaster wool The wrinkles of the road.
It makes an even face Of mountain and of plain, --
Unbroken forehead from the east Unto the east again.
It reaches to the fence, It wraps it, rail by rail, Till it is lost in fleeces;
It flings a crystal veil
On stump and stack and stem, --The summer's empty room,
Acres of seams where harvests were, Recordless, but for them.
It ruffles wrists of posts, As ankles of a queen, -
Then stills its artisans like ghosts,
Denying they have been.
Use the poem "It sifts from Leaden Sieves" below to answer the question.
In the first stanza, what is the effect of the words with w and o sounds (powders, Wood, Wool, Road)?
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It creates a sound of deep mourning and wailing.
It reminds the reader of the word
snow.
It suggests a soft, slow sighing, as of the winter wind.
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