Read the lines from the poem.

The untamed heart to hand I brought,

And fixed the wild and wandering thought.

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ving

What effect does the alliteration in the second

line have?

Ted

It emphasizes the speaker's control

over her lover.

sm,

It contributes to a tone of excitement

and hope.

It describes her lover's determination

to remain free.

It creates a feeling of loss and

abandonment.

The second line contributes to a tone of excitement and hope.

Explanation: As the title of the poem suggests, the heart and the hand both are seemingly untamed. The second line begins with the aliteration and mentions about a 'fixed wild and wandering thought '. The poet describes both opposite reactions of being wild and untamed as against the thoughts being fixed. the thoughts being fixed is indicative of a better tomorrow which bring in lot of hope and excitement.