Final answer:
Option C, 'Seeds simmer under the dirt,' uses assonance with the repetition of the 'i' sound in 'seeds' and 'simmer.' This is a literary device where vowels are repeated in nearby words.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question asks which of the provided lines uses assonance, a literary device where vowels are repeated in nearby words, frequently to create an internal rhyming within phrases or sentences. Out of the options given, option C "Seeds simmer under the dirt" uses assonance with the repetition of the 'i' sound in 'seeds' and 'simmer.' Examples of assonance can also be found in various poems. For instance, in the line "Over the white and brown buckwheat, a hummer and buzzer there with the rest," the repeated 'u' sound in 'buckwheat,' 'hummer,' and 'buzzer' is assonance.