• Literary and Poetic Devices
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  • What is the following an example of: "All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand."-Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare’s Macbeth
    Hyperbole
  • Which literary device involves the repetition of the initial consonant sounds in a series of words? "“The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free”
    Alliteration
  • What literary device involves the repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words? “Hear the mellow wedding bells” — Edgar Allan Poe, “The Bells”
    Assonance
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