Question

Which of the following is an example of assonance in this stanza?
We slowly drove, he knew no haste,
And I had put away
My labor, and my leisure too,
For his civility.
A. Line 1: slowly, drove
B. Line 2: put, away
C. Line 3: labor, leisure
D. Line 4: for, his

Answer 1

as·so·nance
/ˈasənəns/
Noun
In poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non-rhyming stressed syllables (e.g., penitence, reticence).

Answer 2

This is the definition, now lets look at the definition and see if we can find this in the question.

Answer 3

Looking at the question, and the definition, I think that the best possible answer would be A. Non-Rhyming stressed syllables.