The lines with assonance are:
- The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.
- Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods.
Assonance is one of the most common rhetorical devices, used most frequently in poetry. It is the repetition of vowels in adjacent words or phrases, emphasizing the melody of the language. The vowels don't have to be identical.
The main conflict that Della face in o Henry's the gift of the Magi is Poverty
She wanted to buy her husband a nice present for Christmas, but she doesn't enough money to do so. (She even sell her hair to get some money for the present.
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Answer:
I would go with <u>Option B</u>, it sounds the most appropriate, I'm not 100% sure, I could be wrong.
Explanation:
"It would take days to get to the other side of this jungle of vines, hedges, shrubs, and weeds."
And
"Emma was determined to find the way through this maze of pathways tinnels and bridges."
A. That she is ashamed of how poor her family is
