Read the excerpt from “serenade,” by edgar allan poe. and earth, and stars, and sea, and sky are redolent of sleep, as i how does poe use sound devices in the excerpt?
a.-he uses alliteration to link images of night and sleep.
b.-he uses assonance to echo the sounds of the night.
c.-he uses near rhyme to increase the lyrical impact of his words.
d.-he uses cacophony to create a disruption in the night.

The correct answer is:

a.-He uses alliteration to link images of night and sleep

Alliteration, in poetry, is a literary device which consists in the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in a line of poetry. In this case Poe repeats the word "and" several times.

And earth, and stars, and sea, and sky Are redolent of sleep, as I

The correct answer is A He uses alliteration to link images of night and sleep. An alliteration is the use of words that sound the same at the beginning. We can notice it with words that have a S throughout the excerpt of this Poe's poem.

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