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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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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