The quality of the locomotive suggested by the consonance of the r sound is; Speed and activeness.
<h3>What quality of the locomotives does the consonance of the r sound in the sentence below suggest?</h3>
The sentence given uses the imagery literary devices to describe the locomotives in question. This is evident in the use of the words, rushing and roaring which depict speed and activeness, and also the world shrill which describes the steam whistle.
Dr. King echoes a Biblical allusion from Psalms 30:5—“weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning”--when he says, "it came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity,” meaning how like joyous daybreak was the moment when the dark night of slavery was over. (King).
