Question

Which poetic sound devices can be found in the following lines?

"Because I was happy upon the heath, And smil'd among the winter's
Snow."
Choose all that apply:

- Alliteration
- Rhyme
- Consonance
- Assonance

Answer 1

alliteration. possibly consonance, but I doubt it.

Step-by-step explanation:

repeated H sounds at the beginning of the words happy and heath, repeated S sounds at the beginning of the words smil'd and snow. alliteration is repeated sounds at the beginning of words.

consonance, on the other hand, is repeated consonant sounds close together. but the H and S sounds are separated by 2- 3 words, so that's why I doubt it.