1. repeat initial consonant sound = alliteration Alliteration and consonance are both figures of speech in which the author chooses to repeat consonants within neighboring words, but the difference is that in alliteration, the initial consonant is repeated, whereas in consonance, the final consonant is repeated. 2. like - night = slant rhyme Slant rhyme is a type of imperfect rhyme. It means that similar sounds are used instead of the same sounds in two or more words which are supposed to rhyme, like in the case of like and night. You can see that they do sound similarly, but not the same. 3. repeat final consonant sound = consonance Read the explanation I wrote for 1. 4. sound effects = onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech used to imitate sounds you can hear in nature or anywhere around you. So, for example, if you say the words <em>jingle, mew, baa, buzz, boom, </em>etc, you are imitating sounds that can be heard, and that is onomatopoeia. 5. repeat vowel sounds = assonance As opposed to alliteration and consonance, where consonants are repeated in neighboring words, assonance is a figure of speech authors use when they want to repeat the same vowel in neighboring words. For example, in words <em>lie:side:bride, </em>the same vowel (i) is repeated. 6. ball - fall = true rhyme Unlike slanted rhyme, where similar sounds are used, when it comes to true rhyme, sounds which sound the same are used. As you can see, in words <em>ball </em>and <em>fall, </em>only one sound differs, and that is the initial sound (B and F), but everything else is the same, which is why these words rhyme.
The irony about the ending of the poem "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson is that Richard Cory, the person being talked about in the poem, who was envied by many because of his wealth and class, committed suicide.
An Indian arrow head or “head of stone”, symbolizes the opposite of a headstone namely, the enduring vitality of the dead person’s spirit unlike the cold, engraved memorial for a dead white man. The indians bury them in a sitting position; they think that the dead are with life, in their own world. The Christians, at contrary, buries their dead in an horizontal possiton, like they were resting for the ethernity. The posture we keep to our dead determines how we look at life after death. Death is not end but it is a release for life is seen as bondage. American Indians believe in life as lasting or existing forever it is an ad infinitum process. Christians don't, we believe in Heaven and Hell, and our actions or sins will determinate our destiny when we die.The Indian concept of life after death is quite different from Christian concept that believes in an annual of earthly activities after death.
