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Margaret WalkerLove Song for Alex, 1979
Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1989A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Literary Device Answers
1. C. The tone of the poem is very affectionate, established in the first line with the use of a private “pet” name.
2. C. The repetition of the initial consonant sounds in “waters of the world” is alliterative.
3. B. The repetition of the long e sound in “creeping” and “seaweed” is assonance.
4. The lines with the purest iambic pentameter are Line 2 and Line 14.
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