Moreover, in the next lines, Marlowe uses consonance to again sooth the shepherd's love, “By shallow Rivers to whose falls/ Melodious birds sing Madrigals”(774). The /l/ consonant when read aloud is soothing and relates to the leisurely country living the shepherd pitches to his love.

What does melodious birds sing madrigals mean?

Melodious birds sing Madrigals.” Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in the same line such as the sound of /a/ in “With Coral clasps and Amber studs”. ... For example, in the eighth line, “Melodious birds sing Madrigals” the speaker compares songs of the birds to poems that are set to music.

What figure of speech used in this poetic line by shallow rivers to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals?

The meter and beat is regular, which is iambic tetrameter as in “By shallow rivers, to whose falls, / Melodious birds sing madrigals.” The majority of lines are written in iambic tetrameter, though a few lines are in modified trochaic tetrameter such as “Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks” (the modification is that ...