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What sound device does Poe employ in the following lines from "The Raven"?
Line 71: What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore -
A. repetition (repetition of a word or phrase)
B. consonance (the repetition of consonants especially at the end of stressed syllables)
C. alliteration (repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words)

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