The correct answer is A. assonance.
Assonance refers to the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words, and in the excerpt, there are several instances of vowel sound repetition that create a musical quality.
Select the correct answer.
What poetic technique does Henry Wadsworth Longfellow use in this excerpt from the poem "The Day Is Done"?
The day is done, and the darkness
Falls from the wings of Night,
As a feather is wafted downward
From an eagle in his flight.
A.
assonance
B.
enjambment
C.
iambic pentameter
D.
consonance
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