Question

Which sound device is used in the first and third lines of "Birches" by Robert Frost?

Answer 1

.When I see birches bend to left and right
Across the lines of straighter darker trees,
I like to think some boy's been swinging them.
But swinging doesn't bend them down to stay.
Ice-storms do that. Often you must have seen them
Loaded with ice a sunny winter morning
After a rain. …

consonance
alliteration
repetition
assonance
onomatopoeia

Answer 2

@DezeliA @marcthedark

Answer 3

consonance because of the repetition of the letter "B" in birches and bent

Answer 4

.Which statement correctly defines the structure of the iambic pentameter meter?
A line of iambic pentameter contains four feet, with the unstressed syllable following the stressed syllable.
A line of iambic pentameter contains three feet, with the stressed syllable following the unstressed syllable.
A line of iambic pentameter contains six feet, with the unstressed syllable following the stressed syllable.
A line of iambic pentameter contains five feet, with the stressed syllable following the unstressed syllable.

Answer 5

the last one: A line of iambic pentameter contains five feet, with the stressed syllable following the unstressed syllable.

Answer 6

because the word "penta" in pentameter means 5

Answer 7

.Which type of figurative language is used in this except from John Keats's "Ode on Melancholy"?

She dwells with Beauty--Beauty that must die;
And Joy, whose hand is ever at his lips
Bidding adieu; and aching Pleasure nigh,
Turning to poison while the bee-mouth sips:
Ay, in the very temple of Delight
Veil'd Melancholy has her sovran shrine,
Though seen of none save him whose strenuous tongue
Can burst Joy's grape against his palate fine;
His soul shall taste the sadness of her might,
And be among her cloudy trophies hung.

alliteration
personification
apostrophe
repetition
simile

Answer 8

@marcthedark

Answer 9

alliteration because it repeats the sound of letters at the beginning of, adjacent, or closely connected words