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in this task you will read and analyze robert w. service’s narrative poem "the cremation of sam mcgee." this poem is a frontier ballad that describes the hardships of the life of prospectors in the yukon, a region in northwest canada where many prospectors traveled during the klondike gold rush in the late 1890s.

identify the literary and poetic sound devices used in the poem “the cremation of sam mcgee.” first, label the rhyme scheme for each stanza, using letters (a, b, c, d, etc.) to indicate which lines rhyme with each other. next, read through the poem and find examples of the literary and poetic devices listed below. at the end of this subsection, you will complete a table by finding at least one example from the poem for each device.

alliteration—the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close together
assonance—the repetition of similar vowel sounds in two or more words that start with different consonants (example: mellow wedding bells)
consonance—the repetition of consonant sounds at the ends of accented syllables (example: wind and sand)
hyperbole—a figure of speech that uses an exaggeration; also called an overstatement (example: i caught a million fish.)
understatement —the opposite of overstatement; a figure of speech used to make something seem less important than it really is
imagery—the use of words to describe sensory experience, such as sight, smell, or touch
personification—a figure of speech in which an object or animal is spoken of as having human traits, such as thoughts, feelings, or attitudes
end rhyme—the matching of similar sounds in two or more words that occur at the end of two or more lines
internal rhyme—a rhyme between two or more words that occurs within a line of a poem
repetition—repeating the same sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas in order to emphasize an idea
metaphor—a comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be something else
simile—a comparison between two things through words such as like or as

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