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help will give medal, thanks. What sound devices help emphasize the movement of the ship in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”? Till noon we quietly sailed on, Yet never a breeze did breathe; Slowly and smoothly went the ship. Moved onward from beneath. A. The alliteration of the b and s sounds emphasizes the ship's gentle movement. B. The consonance of yet and went suggests the awfulness of the curse. C. The assonance of the short i sound suggests the thirst of the mariner. D. The internal rhyme of slowly and smoothly echoes the crushing waves.

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