Question

Which two words are used to create assonance in this excerpt from samuel taylor coleridge's "kubla kahn"? "midway" and "waves" "dome" and "pleasure" "pleasure" and "shadow" "shadow" and "waves"?

Answer 1

"midway” and “waves"

Answer 2

Assonance is a common literary technique that refers to the repetition of sounds produced by vowels within a word, sentence or phrase. The words that contain the vowel sounds have to be close enough for the repetition of the sound to be evident.

In this case, the correct answer is option A: "midway" and "waves".