The following line is an example of which literary device? "once upon a midnight dreary, while i pondered weak and " (2 points) * a. assonance b. simile c. personification d. oxymoron

The above line is an example of Assonance.

Option A

Explanation:

Literary devices are elements of a poem that increases the engagement of the audience to the context. In the question asked, the lines have two literary devices: alliteration and assonance. If there is a presence of alliteration in the poem, then the author repeats consonant sounds such as sound 'w' in 'weak and weary'.

If the author employs repetitive vowel sounds in the same line, then it is called assonance. The vowel sound 'e' repeats in dreary, weak and weary. Therefore, the answer is assonance.

first of all, dante wanted to write an account of the search for spiritual atonement and salvation, and this desire drew heavily from dante's own experiences. dante was living in exile while writing inferno and so, much like his poetic counterpart, he felt like he had lost his way and needed direction.

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