Which pair of words in this excerpt from Emily Dickinson's "I Felt a Funeral in My Brain" exhibit slant rhyme?


I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,

And Mourners to and FRO

Kept treading – treading – till it seemed

That Sense was breaking THROUGH–


And when they all were seated,

A Service, like a DRUM –

Kept beating – beating – till I thought

My mind was going NUMB –


And then I heard them lift a Box

And creak across my SOUL

With those same Boots of Lead, again,

Then Space – began to TOLL,


The words with the big letters are the choices

Verified Answer :

I would say FRO and THROUGH, because through is said differently then when you're rhyming with FRO, if I could say it outlaid it would make more sense :P but I hope this helps!

Fro and Through

Slant rhyme is when the words do not have perfect rhyme. They could have a similar sound, but it's not identical. Sometimes a reader must alter the pronunciation of the words slightly to create the similar sound. In the poem, fro has a long /o/ sound and through has the sound /oo/. These are not identical, but can be similar if pronounced a certain way.