Question

Read the following passage from Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.” Which sound device is expressed by the Capitalized syllables?

ONCE upON a MIDnight DREARy, WHILE I PONdered,
WEAK and WEARy …


refrain


rhythm


alliteration


rhyme

Answer 1

The sound device expressed by the Capitalized syllables is rhythm.

The capitalized syllables in the verse are where the reader would put stress or emphasis, which sets the rhythm of the piece. When you read those syllables with more emphasis a sound pattern emerges that makes the line "flow" in a particular way.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B.

Step-by-step explanation:

Rhythm is an ordered recurrent alternation of strong and weak elements used in music, poetry, and dancing.

The capitalized syllables in this passage of Edgar Allan Poe's, "The Raven" show that the poem's rhythm is an iambic pentameter. This type of rhythm is made up by an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.