Question

Instructions:Select the correct answer. What type of rhyme appears in these lines from Emily Dickinson's poem "Angels in the Early Morning"? Angels when the sun is hottest May be seen the sands among, Stooping, plucking, sighing, flying; Parched the flowers they bear along. internal rhyme slant rhyme internal rhyme and slant rhyme internal rhyme, slant rhyme, and end rhyme

Answer 1

Internal Rhyme and Slant Rhyme.  The internal is sighing, flying, and the slant rhyme is among, along.

Answer 2

The correct answer is C. Internal rhyme and slant rhyme

Explanation:

In poetry rhyme refers to the repetition of sounds usually between the ending syllables of different words, that is used as a stylistic technique that provides rhythm or cadence to the verses and that usually marks the end of verses. Additionally, there are different types of rhymes depending on the type of sound that is being repeated and the position of the repetition or rhyme in the poetry. In the case of internal rhyme, it refers to the repetition of sounds within the same line or verse while slant rhyme refers to the repetition of similar but not identical vowel or consonant sounds in the final syllable of words at the end of verses.

In the case of the lines from the poem "Angels in the Early Morning" there are different types of rhyme the first rhyme is the repetition of the -ing sound in the verse "Stooping, plucking, sighing, flying", this can be classified as internal rhyme as the rhyme or repetition of sounds appears only in one verse and at the end of different verses as it is common. On the other hand, there is a similarity in sound between the word "among" from the first verse and the word "long" in the final verse, considering this words appear at the end of the verses but do not have an identical sound this type of rhyme can be classified as slant rhyme. Thus, it can be concluded the type of rhyme that appears in the lines from the poem "Angles in the Early Morning" by Emily Dickinson is internal rhyme and slant rhyme.