Question

match each excerpt from \song of myself\ by walt whitman to the poetic device used.
i ascend from the moon, i ascend from the night.
hous - es and rooms are full of per - fumes
o suns—o grass of graves—o perpetual transfers and promotions,
(no doubt i have died myself ten thousand times before.)

Explanation:

• Rhyme: A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds (usually, the exact same phonemes) in the final stressed syllables and any following syllables of two or more words. In the given excerpts, “I ascend from the moon, I ascend from the night” shows a rhyme as “moon” and “night” have a similar vowel sound pattern.
• Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds, but not consonant sounds, in nearby words. “Hous - es and rooms are full of per - fumes” has assonance with the repetition of the “u” sound in “rooms” and “perfumes”.
• Alliteration: Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words. “O suns—O grass of graves—O perpetual transfers and promotions” has alliteration with the repetition of the “O” sound at the start of each phrase.

Answer:

• “I ascend from the moon, I ascend from the night” → rhyme
• “Hous - es and rooms are full of per - fumes” → assonance
• “O suns—O grass of graves—O perpetual transfers and promotions” → alliteration
• “(No doubt I have died myself ten thousand times before.)” → no poetic device (as it doesn't fit rhyme, assonance, or alliteration in a prominent way compared to the others)