The matches for the excerpts to the literary and poetic devices are:
- A. "autumn's golden reign" - personification
- B. "rising radiance drives the shade away" - assonance
- C. "from star to star the mental optics rove" - iambic pentameter.
1. In this line, the poet personifies autumn by giving it the human-like quality of having a "reign." This personification allows the reader to envision autumn as a powerful and regal figure, emphasizing its significance in the poem.
2. Assonance is a literary device where similar vowel sounds are repeated in close proximity which adds a musical quality to the text.
The repetition of the vowel sound "a" in the words "radiance" and "shade" creates assonance in this line.In this case, the repetition of the "a" sound contributes to the imagery of light dispelling darkness.
3. This line givem follows the pattern of iambic pentameter, a metrical pattern commonly used in poetry. It consists of five pairs of unstressed and stressed syllables, creating a rhythmic and flowing quality in the verse.
"From star to star the mental optics rove" adheres to this pattern with its ten syllables arranged in a da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM pattern.