I have two questions about these Emily Dickinson's "Wild Night"

1.Which best describes the rhyme in the second stanza--internal rhyme,slant rhyme,feminine rhyme,descending rhyme or no rhyme
Would it be slant rhyme?
2.Which is the following sound device used in the first two lines--internal rhyme,slant rhyme,alliteration or caesura
I thought possibley slant rhyme or caesura??

Thanks for the great definitions- Do you think I was right on either of them?

The first question slant rhyme and the secondcaesura?

To determine the answers to your questions, let's go through the details of the poem and analyze the rhyme and sound devices used.

1. To determine the type of rhyme in the second stanza, we need to examine the ending sounds of the lines. Here's the second stanza of Emily Dickinson's "Wild Nights":

"Wild Nights! Wild Nights!
Were I with thee,
Wild Nights should be
Our luxury!"

From this stanza, we can see that there is no strict rhyme scheme, meaning that the poem does not follow a consistent pattern of rhyming. However, there is a subtle rhyme between the words "thee" and "be." This type of imperfect or approximate rhyme is called slant rhyme. Therefore, your answer is correct, the rhyme in the second stanza can be described as slant rhyme.

2. To identify the sound device used in the first two lines, let's look at them:

"Wild Nights! Wild Nights!"

In this case, there isn't any internal rhyme because internal rhyme refers to rhyming words within a single line. Alliteration refers to the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of multiple words, and there is no repetition of consonant sounds here. Caesura refers to a pause or break in a line of poetry, usually indicated by punctuation. Although there is an exclamation mark in the first line, it does not create a pause or break within the line. Therefore, the sound device used in the first two lines is not alliteration or caesura.

Based on the options you provided, the closest answer would be slant rhyme. Although slant rhyme typically refers to the approximate rhyme between ending sounds, in this case, I would lean more towards considering "Wild Nights" as a repetition of sound rather than full rhyme. Thus, the correct answer would be sound repetition rather than a specific sound device from the options given.

In summary:
1. The rhyme in the second stanza of "Wild Nights" can be described as slant rhyme.
2. The sound device used in the first two lines is sound repetition rather than a specific sound device from the options provided.

1. In the second stanza of Emily Dickinson's "Wild Night," the rhyme is best described as slant rhyme. Slant rhyme is a type of rhyme in which the vowel sounds are similar but not identical, while the consonant sounds may be different. It creates a near rhyme effect. In the second stanza, the words "Meek faces" and "Peeking" do not have identical vowel sounds, but they have similar sounds, creating a slant rhyme.

2. In the first two lines of the poem, the sound device used is alliteration. Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. In this case, the repetition of the "W" sound in the words "Wild" and "Wind" creates an alliterative effect.