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. assonance enjambment iambic pentameter consonance

Answer 1

Answer:

Enjambment.

Explanation:

Enjambment is one of the many literary devices used by poets in writing their poems. In poetry, enjambment is the running over of the sentence onto the next poetic line without the use of any terminal punctuation. This enables the free and easy flow of the words and meaningful representation of the sentence intended. In the poem "The Day is Done", Henry Wadsworth Longfellow uses this device in between the lines "darkness / Falls," and "downwards / From".