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Read this excerpt from "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning and complete the sentences that follow.


The rain set early in to-night,

The sullen wind was soon awake,

It tore the elm-tops down for spite,

And did its worst to vex the lake


These lines from the poem have several examples of_____ . The lines express the importance of ______of nature. The poetic sound device that is most pronounced in the lines is ______.


The answer choices for the first drop down are, personification, simile, allusion, hyperbole.

Second drop down choices are, Avoiding the wrath, reflecting on beauty, protesting the haughtiness, respecting the power.

The answer choices for the third drop down menu are, alliteration, assonance, rhyme, onomatopoeia .


CORRECT ANSWERS ONLY.

Respuesta :

These lines from the poem have several examples of_____ . Personification

The lines express the importance of ______of nature. respecting the power

The poetic sound device that is most pronounced in the lines is ______.

rhyme

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Answer:

1. Personification 2. Respecting the power 3. Rhyme.

Explanation:

The lines have several examples of personification because it gives the rain and the wind, both elements of nature, humans attribute, as if they were alive and could consciously to "set early in to-night", "be sullen", "awake" "tore" and "vex".

They also express the importance of respecting the power of nature, as they portray it as sublime, a living thing who has power and are capable of deciding how to act and affect our environment.

Furthermore, the poetic device used is rhyme as the ending words of each line ("night", "awake", "spite" and "lake") have a similar sound.

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