Which two excerpts contain alliteration?

And miles to go before I sleep,

(Robert Frost, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening")

Behemoth, biggest born of ear, upheaved his vastness

(John Milton, "Paradise Lost")

Of cloudless climes and starry skies

(Lord Byron, "She Walks in Beauty")

O my Luve's like the melodie

That's sweetly play'd in tune!

(Robert Burns, "A Red, Red Rose")

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Jordyn Martinez

27 February, 22:09

Which two excerpts contain alliteration?

And miles to go before I sleep,

(Robert Frost, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening")

Behemoth, biggest born of ear, upheaved his vastness

(John Milton, "Paradise Lost")

Of cloudless climes and starry skies

(Lord Byron, "She Walks in Beauty")

O my Luve's like the melodie

That's sweetly play'd in tune!

(Robert Burns, "A Red, Red Rose")

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Gabriela Choi · Answer 1

Behemoth, biggest born of ear (John Milton, "Paradise Lost" and

Of Cloudless Climes and Starry Skies (Lord Byron, "She Walks in Beauty"

Alliteration has the same beginning sounds in words like the examples "behemouth, biggest born" and 'Cloudless Climes" and "Starry Skies"

Stanley Holloway · Answer 2

The two excerpts which contain alliteration are:

Behemoth, biggest born of ear, up-heaved his vastness

(John Milton, "Paradise Lost")

Of cloudless climes and starry skies

(Lord Byron, "She Walks in Beauty")

Explanation:

Alliteration is the figure of speech in which the same letter or sound is repeated at the beginning of many words in the same sentence.