Question

this dust was once the man this dust was once the man, gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand, against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age, was saved the union of these states walt whitman what literary device does this poem include at the end of each line? alliteration assonance consonance onomatopoeia

Answer 1

assonance

(i've done the test)

Answer 2

Here's the actual poem "This Dust Was Once the Man" by Walt Whitman so we can visualize the end of each line:

This dust was once the man,

Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand,

Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age,

Was saved the Union of these States.

The literary device that this poem include at the end of each line is assonance, as assonance refers to the repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds in two or more words, even when they start with different consonant sounds. The end of number line 1 and 2 has the words "man", and "hand" which has the same vowel sound of "an"; and the last word of line 3 and 4 have the same vowel sound as well: "age" and "States".