Question

Review the phrase from susan hartley Swett's poem "July" It is July. Which best identifies the poetic technique represented by the phrase?
A.internal rhyme
B.allusion
C.a refrain
D.metaphor

Answer 1

I is C. refrain!!!!!

Answer 2

The correct answer is C.

A refrain in literature is a regularly recurring phrase or verse, especially at the end of each stanza or division of a poem or song.

Since "It's July" is repeated at the end of every stanza in Susan Hartley's poem "July", this phrase is a refrain.