Question

This Dust Was Once the Man

This dust was once the man,
Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand,
Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age,
Was saved the Union of these States

Walt Whitman

What literary device does this poem include at the end of each line? (5 points)


Alliteration


Assonance


Consonance


Onomatopoeia

Answer 1

Your answer would be assonance because it repeats the vowel at the end

Answer 2

the answer is Assonance