Question

choose the poem that uses assonance. if this is peace, this dead and leaden thing, then better far the hateful fret, the sting. better the wound forever seeking balm than this gray calm! the earth is motionless and poised in space... a huge bird resting in its flight between the alleys of the stars. from jessie redmon fauset, \dead fires\ and adapted from lola ridge, \interim\

Explanation:

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in non - rhyming words. In the first poem, "dead and leaden", "hateful fret", "wound forever" show vowel - sound repetition. The second poem has no obvious assonance.

Answer:

If this is peace, this dead and leaden thing,
Then better far the hateful fret, the sting.
Better the wound forever seeking balm
Than this gray calm!