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Hopkins's use of "seared," "bleared," and "smeared" is an example of

A. alliteration.
B. metaphor.
C. assonance.
D. simile.

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The correct answer to this should be C. Assonance

Assonance is repeating vowels or vowel clusters with a goal of creating internal rhyme within phrases or sentences.
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