Is there assonance in a Robert Frost poem?

Yes, assonance is a common literary device used by Robert Frost.

Here's an example from "The Road Not Taken":

"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;"

* Notice the repetition of the short "u" sound in "wood, could," and "undergrowth".

Other examples:

* "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening":

* "The woods are lovely, dark and deep" (repetition of the long "oo" sound in "lovely," "dark," and "deep")

* "Mending Wall":

* "Something there is that doesn't love a wall" (repetition of the short "a" sound in "that," "doesn't," and "a")

It's worth noting: Frost often uses assonance subtly, creating a sense of rhythm and flow in his poetry without making it overly obvious. To find examples, you can look for repeated vowel sounds within a line or across multiple lines of his poems.

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