Which of the following lines contains an example of assonance?

a) “rough winds do shake the darling buds of may”shakespeare
b) “do not go gentle into that good night” dylan thomas
c) “hear the mellow wedding bells” edgar allen poe

C. "hear the mellow wedding bells"

Assonance- when two or more words, close to one another repeat the same vowel sound, but start with different consonant sounds.

C) “hear the mellow wedding bells” Edgar Allen Poe

Explanation:

Assonance is the constant repetition of a vowel sound, it´s also called diphthing, in this case you can hear the "e" sound all through the sentence:

"hear thE mEllow wEdding bElls"

This is often used to set a mood, or to re-inforce some words meaning.

the significance of the title, "the passing", is related to the fact that the main characters, who are three african-american descendant women, are passing as white. this means that, because of their light-coloured skins they look like white women. one of the three friends, clare, is married to a white man and she lives in a white community and she has never told her husband that she is black. the title can easily be connected to the idea of pretending to be someone you are not and of losing your real identity in order to be accepted by society.