Question

What poetic technique does Henry Wadsworth Longfellow use in this excerpt from the poem "The Day Is Done"?

The day is done, and the darkness
Falls from the wings of Night,
As a feather is wafted downward
From an eagle in his flight.

A.
assonance
B.
enjambment
C.
iambic pentameter
D.
consonance

Answer 1

A is a repetition of a vowel or syllable

Answer 2

B Is a sentence without a pause beyond the end of line

Answer 3

C is a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, for example Two households, both alike in dignity.

Answer 4

And D.........