Question

Read the excerpt from "Ring Out, Wild Bells” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Ring out old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace. Which sound element is used with the words "disease” and "peace”?

alliteration
slant rhyme
consonance
internal rhyme

Answer 1

The sound element used with the words "disease" and "peace" in the excerpt is alliteration. Alliteration refers to the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of neighboring words or stressed syllables. In this case, the repetition of the "d" sound in "old shapes of foul disease" and the repetition of the "p" sound in "thousand years of peace" create alliterative effects.