Question

which line from \safari day in kenya\ contains an example of assonance?
\there!\ someone whispers, and all heads turn
gazelles race by, blurred brown streaks,
a family of elephants meanders, trunks dance to unheard chorus.
not a word speak the tourists, as we fill the teeming jeep

Explanation:

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words. In the line "Gazelles race by, blurred brown streaks", the vowel sound /eɪ/ in "race" and /ʌ/ in "blurred" and "brown" (though "brown" has a diphthong starting with /aʊ/ which has some vowel - like qualities in the context of assonance perception in poetry) shows vowel - sound repetition. In "There! Someone whispers, and all heads turn", there is no prominent vowel - sound repetition. In "A family of elephants meanders, trunks dance to unheard chorus", the vowel sounds are not as prominently repeated as in the second option. In "Not a word speak the tourists, as we fill the teeming jeep", the vowel sounds are not as clearly repeated in a pattern of assonance.

Answer:

"Gazelles race by, blurred brown streaks"