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Name the sound device at work in a line of verse and explain what it does to the tone, pace or meaning.
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"Banig and bamboo baskets bake in the barangay sun." Which sound device is at work in this line?
"The deep green sea heaves beneath the reef." Which sound device is at work in this line?
"The boat cut a wet street of light." Which sound device is at work in this line?
"The jeepney horn goes beep, and the rain taps tak-tak-tak on the roof." Which sound device is at work in this line?
"Row past the mangroves, row past the fish pens, row past the sleeping town." Which sound device is at work in this line?
"Lola's lamplight leans on the low wooden wall." Which sound device is at work in this line?
"Aling Rosa rows the slow boat home alone." Which sound device is at work in this line?
"The sack of dark rice fell off the truck." Which sound device is at work in this line?
"The tricycle sputters, the tin roof clatters, the wet street hisses." Which sound device is at work in this line?
"Wait for the rain. Wait for the river. Wait for the green rice fields." Which sound device is at work in this line?
"Rain drums on the tin roof: plak, plak, plak." What does the onomatopoeia add to this line?
"Enough of the flood. Enough of the mud. Enough of the waiting." What does the repetition of "Enough" do to the tone?
"Wind whips the waves and whistles through the windows." What does the alliteration do to the pace of this line?
"The lone road home moans below the old moon." What does the assonance of the long "o" contribute?
"The cracked truck struck the rocky track." What does the consonance of the hard "k" sound add?
"Buzz of the market, honk of the jeepney, clang of the metal gate." What does the poet gain by naming these sounds?
"Soft sand slides from my sister's small hands." What does the repeated "s" sound do to the line?
"Sleep, little brother. Sleep while the sea is still." Why does the poet repeat the word "Sleep"?
A poem about Taal Lake is in free verse, with no rhyme, but it repeats the phrase "the water remembers" at every stanza's start. What does that repetition supply?
"Ate Mila's bright kite rides the high wind." Which sound device is at work in this line?
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