Question

Read the following Emily Dickinson poem, and then answer the following questions

A narrow Fellow in the Grass
Occasionally rides-
You may have met Him-Did you not
His notice sudden is-
The Grass divides as with a Comb-
A spotted Shaft is seen,
And then it closes at your Feet
And opens further on-
He likes a Boggy Acre
A floor too cool for corn,
But when a boy and barefoot,
I more than once at Noon
Have passed, I thought, a Whiplash
Unbraiding in the Sun
When stooping to secure it
It wrinkled, and was gone -
Several of Nature's People
I know and they know me--
I feel for them a transport
of Cordiality-
But never met this Fellow
Attended or alone
Without a tighter Breathing
Use the passage to answer the question.
What sound device(s) does Dickinson employ in the phrase, "too cool for com-as
well as the line, "But when a boy and barefoot"? Choose all that apply.
(1 point)
onomatopoeia
alteration
assonance
Ostant rhyme

Answer 1

Emily Dickinson employs assonance and alteration in her poem to create sonic effects.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sound device(s) employed in the phrase, 'too cool for corn,' and the line, 'But when a boy and barefoot,' are assonance and alteration.

Assonance refers to the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words. In the phrase, 'too cool for corn,' the repetition of the long 'o' sound in 'cool' and 'corn' is an example of assonance.

Alteration, also known as consonance, is the repetition of consonant sounds in nearby words. In the line, 'But when a boy and barefoot,' the repetition of the 'b' sound in 'boy' and 'barefoot' is an example of alteration.

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