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Choose the poem that uses assonance.A necklace in the depth of blueOf scintillating silvery pearlsWhich peering eagerly we viewAs gracefully it curves and whirls.Awake to Love and Beauty! and sometimes'Tis well to be bereft of promis'd good,That we may lift the soul, and contemplateWith lively joy the joys we cannot share.

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Choose the poem that uses assonance.A necklace in the depth of blueOf scintillating silvery pearlsWhich peering eagerly we viewAs gracefully it curves and whirls.Awake to Love and Beauty! and sometimes'Tis well to be bereft of promis'd good,That we may lift the soul, and contemplateWith lively joy the joys we cannot share.

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The first poem uses assonance. Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words. In the first poem, the repetition of the 'e' sound in "necklace", "depth", "peering", "eagerly", "gracefully" is an example of assonance.

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