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 "Gazelles race by, blurred brown streaks", the short - "a" sound in "Gazelles" and "race" and the "ow" sound in "brown" and "streaks" (though "streaks" has a long "e" but the "ow" in "brown" and the vowel in "streaks" is part of the overall vowel - sound play) shows assonance. The other lines do not have such prominent vowel - sound repetitions.

Answer:

Gazelles race by, blurred brown streaks.