Topic 5 (session A) - Sound > Alliteration and Assonance Revisited > Task C

Alliteration and Assonance Revisited

Task C - Alliteration assonance and rhyme

Below is the stanza we looked at in task B again.

What passing bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.

(Wilfred Owen , ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’)

Identify all the examples of alliteration, assonance and rhyme you can find in this stanza. Say how you think these patterns are being used in relation to meaning and effect (if at all).Then compare your comments with ours.

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