Question

Read these lines from the poem and answer the following question. The trivialest point, or you may lose your labor And yet there is in this no Gordian knot Which one might not undo without a sabre, If one could merely comprehend the plot. "Knot" and "plot" are examples of which poetic device?

Answer 1

Answer:

Assonance

Explanation:

Assonance is a type of language figure, called a sound or harmony figure. It is characterized by the harmonic repetition of vowel sounds in a sentence, similar to what is being done with the words "plot" and "knot" in the poem exposed in the question. Assonance is a stylistic resource widely used in popular literature, music and proverbs. It offers greater expressiveness to the text through the intensification of musicality and rhythm.

Answer 2

It is probably assonance since it is using the same vowels