Question

Read the lines of poetry. Identify two or more poetic techniques being used in each example and write them on the line. There may be more than two techniques being used.I'm growing fonder of my staff; / I'm growing dimmer in the eyes;I'm growing fainter in my laugh; / I'm growing deeper in my sighs;Which sound effects/devices are being used?A) alliterationB) onomatopoeiaC) repetitionD) rhyme/rhythm

Answer 1

Answer:

Two devices that are being used in the lines are:

C. repetition

D. rhyme/rhythm

Explanation:

Repetition is a literary device consisting of repeating the same word or phrase for emphasis or clarity. Repetition can appear in both prose and poetry, and it can also be a rhetorical device. In the lines we are analyzing here, the phrase "I'm growing" is repeated at the beginning of each line:

I'm growing fonder of my staff;

I'm growing dimmer in the eyes;

I'm growing fainter in my laugh;

I'm growing deeper in my sighs;

Rhyme is a correspondence of sounds between different words. In the lines above, we have a rhyme scheme of ABAB, that is, "staff" rhymes with "laugh" - lines 1 and 3 -, and "eyes" rhymes with "sighs" - lines 2 and 4.  

As for rhythm, I believe we have an iambic tetrameter - a four time repetition of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one. Take a look below:

I'm growing fonder of my staff;