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Read the poem and find the line for the following poetic device or write your own example. Assonance. - English

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प्रश्न

Read the poem and find the line for the following poetic device or write your own example.

Assonance.

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उत्तर

  • Assonance:
    Oil is all; pull and push; weave and heat; fly and dive.
  • Own Example:
    mellow wedding bells
    crumbling thunder
    she bleats when she speaks.
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अध्याय 5.2: The Secret of the Machines - Exercise [पृष्ठ १५२]

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अध्याय 5.2 The Secret of the Machines
Exercise | Q C. | पृष्ठ १५२

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unity of human, dreams and aspirations, same land, our hands, unnatural, breathing body, same eyes, brotherhood, language, human-earth.

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