I must confess that it my quest, I felt depressed and restless.

Which figure of speech is used in the above line?

The correct answer is Assonance.

Key Points

• Assonance is a resemblance in the sounds of words/syllables either between their vowels or between their consonants.
• In the given line, s is a consonant being repeated in the words which have the same vowel sound.
• In the words- confess, quest, depressed and restless, after 'e' vowel sound, we can see the consonant 's'.
• Thus, assonanve has been used.

Important Points

• Assonance is the similarity in sound between two syllables that are close together, created by the same vowels but different consonants (e.g. "back" and "hat"), or by the same consonants and different vowels (e.g. "hit" and "hat")