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monicar1026:

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.

Mercury:

A. Assonance B. Enjambment C. Iambic pentameter D. Consonance major hint: notice how there are line breaks in the middle of a sentence (the whole poem could technically be one sentence but is split into 4 lines). what name do we give this technique?

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