Medal + fan!! Which of the following lines from "Not Waving but Drowning" contains an instance of assonance?

A. "Nobody heard him, the dead man"
B. "I was much further out than you thought"
C. "Oh, no no no, it was too cold anyways"
D. "I was much too far out all my life"

Question

Medal + fan!! Which of the following lines from "Not Waving but Drowning" contains an instance of assonance?

A. "Nobody heard him, the dead man"
B. "I was much further out than you thought"
C. "Oh, no no no, it was too cold anyways"
D. "I was much too far out all my life"

anonymous · Answer

C maybe?

explicitvogue · Answer

@MasterStudy what is your reasoning just so i can be sure? I dont really understand the question

anonymous · Answer

Ok this might take a bit to type

explicitvogue · Answer

Okay

anonymous · Answer

in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible (e.g., penitence, reticence ), that is what an assonance is.....C sounds like if a person were reading it, it would be kind of stretched like.

explicitvogue · Answer

Oh okay, that makes sense. I will let you know if it's right. Thank you!

adelyn_helps · Answer

I would say c. also. Its the one that makes the most sense to me

explicitvogue · Answer

C was correct, thank you! @MasterStudy @adelyn_helps

anonymous · Answer

You are very welcome!

adelyn_helps · Answer

sure