In the third stanza of the poem, “O Captain my Captain!” the third line is an example of which element of sound?

Stanza 3

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;

My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;

The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;

From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;

Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!

But I, with mournful tread,

Walk the deck my Captain lies,

Fallen cold and dead.

A. Alliteration

B. Assonance

C. Rhyme

D. Rhythm

Question

In the third stanza of the poem, “O Captain my Captain!” the third line is an example of which element of sound?

Stanza 3

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;

My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;

The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;

From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;

Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!

But I, with mournful tread,

Walk the deck my Captain lies,

Fallen cold and dead.

A. Alliteration
 
	B. Assonance
 
	C. Rhyme

D. Rhythm

zale101 · Answer

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound
Ship, safe, and sound
so it's alliteration