Can someone please help me with these two questions? I've been having a lot of trouble with them.

Question

These two questions have to do with the poem May Magnificat by Gerard Manley Hopkins.

1. Can you quote one line that contains assonance of two or more words that assonate the same letter sound found in stanzas 1 through 6 and underline only the letters that constitute the technique of assonance?
2. Can you quote one line of alliteration that contains three words that alliterate the same letter sound found in stanzas 7 through 12 and underline only the letters that constitute the technique of alliteration?

Answer 1

Hi Jesset!

Assonance and alliteration are both literary devices commonly used on poetry and short stories. However, believe it on not, both alliteration and assonance are prominent practices people use to communicate in palatable ways.

What i just showed you, via the boldened letters, was an example of alliteration. Alliteration is a literary device that is identified by multiple words using the same letter, or more specifically sound, at the beginning of the word. Think about, for example, "leaving leftovers lying around" or "acting acutely accommodating." Notice that alliteration can utilize vowel on consonant sounds.

Assonance is a little bit trickier. Did you catch that? In "little bit trickier" all three words use the short "i" sound. That is an example of assonance. Assonance is when multiple words in succession use the same vowel sound within the word.

I hope this helps you with you assignment, and please do remember to use quotations, line numbers, and stanza numbers when writing your answer in complete sentences. For example: "In stanza [X], "[insert quote here]" is an example of alliteration/assonance (Author, line number).