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Which line of poetry contains examples of assonance?

Odd how a lock of blond hair on a doll can notch the clock of memory.

2.
We would ever seek in vain for the voice of the river.

3.
Fireworks pop, sizzle, and swish above the buzz of the numberless crowd.

4.
Petals fall, fall, fall, down, down, down and fade, fade, fade into nothing.

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Answer:

1. Odd how a lock of blond hair on a doll can notch the clock of memory.

Sound /o/ has been repeated.

Step-by-step explanation:

Assonance is simply the repetition of vowel sounds. In the above sentence, sound /o/( I can't find the exact symbol but it looks like a mirrored 'a') has been repeated ib odd, lock, blond, doll,notch, clock and on

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User Karimanasseri
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Answer:

number 3: Fireworks pop, sizzle, and swish above the buzz of the numberless crowd.

Step-by-step explanation:

sizzle and swish both contain the /ɪ/ sound, so it's an assonance.

plus both words in the same line above and buzz contain the sama /ʌ/ sound, which is another assonance.

I think the first one does not contain any and the third, we don't consider repeated words as example of assonance.

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User Lukas Eklund
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