The words in bold face in this excerpt from "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe are examples of which sound device?

Keeping time, time, time,

In a sort of Runic rhyme,

To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells

From the bells, bells, bells, bells,

Bells, bells, bells-

From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.

A. alliteration

B. repetition

C. onomatopoeia

D. assonance

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9 July, 19:52

The words in bold face in this excerpt from "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe are examples of which sound device?

Keeping time, time, time,

In a sort of Runic rhyme,

To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells

From the bells, bells, bells, bells,

Bells, bells, bells-

From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.

A. alliteration

B. repetition

C. onomatopoeia

D. assonance

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Boots · Answer 1

I think the correct answer from the choices listed above is option D. The words are examples of the assonance sound device. It is the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible. Hope this answers the question.