What poetic technique does Henry Wadsworth Longfellow use in this excerpt from the poem "The Day Is Done"?

The day is done, and the darkness

Falls from the wings of Night,

As a feather is wafted downward

From an eagle in his flight.

A: assonance

B: enjambment

C: iambic pentameter

D: consonance

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Ivan Owens

18 September, 20:06

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Dale Hawkins · Answer 1

The correct answer should be B. Enjambment.

That is when a sentence continues in the next line, which occurs in all of the lines in the excerpt.

What poetic technique does Henry Wadsworth Longfellow use in this excerpt from the poem "The Day Is Done"?The day is done, and the darknessFalls from the wings of Night,As a feather is wafted downwardFrom an eagle in his flight.A: assonanceB: enjambmentC: iambic pentameterD: consonance