Match each element of poetry with the correct excerpt. the relevant poetic technique is indicated in bold, underlined text.
slant rhyme
alliteration
assonance
consonance
repetition
end rhyme
internal rhyme
ralegh has backed the maid to a tree
as ireland is backed to england
and drives inland
till all her strands are breathless.
(from "ocean's love to ireland"
by seamus heaney)
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true, a new mistress now i chase,
the first foe in the field;
(from "to lucasta, going to the wars"
by richard lovelace)
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i'm nobody! who are you?
are you nobody, too?
then there 's a pair of us — don't tell!
they 'd banish us, you know.
(from "i’m nobody! who are you? "
my emily dickinson)
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for the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams
of the beautiful annabel lee;
and the stars never rise, but i feel the bright eyes
of the beautiful annabel lee;
and so, all the night-tide, i lie down by the side
of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride,
in her sepulchre there by the sea—
in her tomb by the sounding sea.
(from "annabel lee" by edgar allan poe)
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hope is the thing with feathers
that perches in the soul,
and sings the tune without the words,
and never stops at all,
(from "hope is the thing with
feathers" by emily dickinson)
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life is but life, and death but death!
bliss is but bliss, and breath but breath!
and if, indeed, i fail,
at least to know the worst is sweet.
defeat means nothing but defeat,
no drearier can prevail!
(from "rouge gagne" by emily dickinson)
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he gives his harness bells a shake
to ask if there is some mistake.
the only other sound’s the sweep
of easy wind and downy flake.
(from "stopping by woods on a
snowy evening" by robert frost)
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