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Question
Other sounds that occur frequently in the poem.
Solution
The other sounds that occur frequently in the poem are listed below.
- ‘-st’ as instill, startlement, and stokes.
- '-ill' as instill, till, trillings and thrills.
- '-ing' as in ‘yellowing, twitching, chitterings, wings, trillings, showing, and whisperings.
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