." So let the way wind up the hill or down O'er rough or smooth, the journey will be joy still seeking what I sought when but a boy New friendship, high adventure , and a crown, a) Pick out the rhyming words. b) Identify the figure of speech employed in the first line. c) Write the rhyme scheme of the above stanya. d) Identify the figure of speech employed in the second line. e) Pick out the alliterating words.
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a) The rhyming words are down-crown and joy-boy.
b) The figure of speech in the first line in alliteration.
c) The rhyme scheme is 'abba'.
d) The figure of speech in the second line is also alliteration.
e) The alliterating words are (1) way, wind (2) journey, joy (3) still, seeking.
1. Rhyming words are those words that have the same sound. In the given stanza, down rhymes with crown and joy rhymes with boy.
2. Alliteration is a figure of speech where there is a repetition of initial consonants in successive or closely located words. Here, way and wind begin with the same letter.
3. A rhyme scheme is a pattern in which sounds repeat at the end of the line.
4. In the second line, journey and joy have the same initial consonant.
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