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Question

"And blossoms blown away"
The line above from William Blake's poem " The school boy" is an example of

Options

A)
personification
B)
euphemism
C)
alliteration
D)
consonance

The correct answer is C.

Explanation:

Alliteration is a figure of speech and a stylistic literary device which is identified by the repeated sound of the first or second letter in a series of words, or the repetition of the same letter sounds in stressed syllables of a phrase. Consonance refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.

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Discussion (2)

  • Alliteration is a figure of speech and a stylistic literary device which is identified by the repeated sound of the first or second letter in a series of words, or the repetition of the same letter sounds in stressed syllables of a phrase. Consonance refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.

  • I think it alliteration