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Difficulty: MediumSound Devices and Musicality

Read the lines below:

"Fleet feet sweep through the deep street,
Where silent dreams and shadows meet."

Which sound device is predominantly featured in the first line of the extract?

  1. AssonanceAnswer
  2. B
    Alliteration
  3. C
    Consonance
  4. D
    Onomatopoeia

Answer

Assonance
Assonance is the correct choice because the line creates musicality through the repetition of the vowel sound /iː/ across multiple adjacent words ("Fleet", "feet", "sweep", "deep", "street").

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the sound pattern within the first line of the extract.
The words "Fleet", "feet", "sweep", "deep", and "street" share the identical long vowel sound /iː/.
Determining whether the repeated sound consists of vowels or consonants clarifies the specific device.
2
Map the identified sound pattern to literary sound device definitions.
The repetition of internal vowel sounds within neighbouring words is defined as assonance.
Distinguishing vowel repetition from consonant repetition sets assonance apart from alliteration and consonance.

Key Concept

Assonance in Poetry
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Sound Devices and Musicality

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