Question

What sound device(s) does Dickinson employ in the phrase, "too cool for Corn-" as well as the line, "But when a Boy,/and Barefoot"? Choose all that apply.
1.) onomatopeia 2.) alliteration 3.) assonance 4.) slant rhyme I know that alliteration and slant rhyme are used. Couldn't it even be assonance? Corn and transport kind of rhyme.

Answer 1

For these examples, only alliteration and slant rhyme are used. There was no usage of onomatopoeia. Corn and transport is more likely an example of slant rhyme than assonance since the last syllables sound similar. Assonance happens to between unstressed syllables and the /o/ in transport belongs to the stressed syllable.

Answer 2

Answer:

It's Alliteration and Internal Rhyme

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