In the following stanza from “i heard a fly buzz—when i died—,” which words form a slant rhyme? the eyes around—had wrung them dry— / and breaths were gathering firm / for that last onset—when the king / be witnessed—in the room — a. dry and firm b. king and room c. dry and king d. firm and room

D) firm / Room
Slant rhyme, more commonly known as half-rhyme, is a poetic device used to give an "inharmonious feeling in a rhyme scheme". Slant rhyme describes words whose stressed ending consonants match, but the proceeding vowel sounds don't match.

Answer D is the only one who consonants' sounds match; the 'm' sound being stressed on both words. The "ir" and "oo" do not sound the same though, so it is a slant rhyme.