English, 30.11.2019 11:31 jaallen3679

What poetic technique does henry wadsworth longfellow use in this excerpt from the poem "the day is done"?

the day is done, and the darkness
falls from the wings of night,
as a feather is wafted downward
from an eagle in his flight.

a: assonance
b: enjambment
c: iambic pentameter
d: consonance

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