Eldorado
by Edgar Allan Poe
Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long.
Singing a song.
In search of Eldorado.
But he grew old-
This knight so bold-
And o'er his heart a shadow
Fell as he found
No spot of ground
That looked like Eldorado.
And, as his strength
Failed him at length,
He met a pilgrim shadow-
"Shadow," said he,
"Where can it be-
This land of Eldorado?"
"Over the Mountains
of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride."
The shade replied-
If you seek for Eldorado!"
Which of the following lines is
an example of assonance
(repeated vowel sounds)?
A. He met a pilgrim shadow-
B. Failed him at length,
C. Down the Valley of the Shadow
D. This land of Eldorado?