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Which literary technique is evident in these words from Beowulf?

fain of his fell spoil, faring

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caesura

alliteration

enjambment

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synecdoche

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Alliteration.

Explanation:

Alliteration is a literary technique which involves the repetition of the same consonant in neighboring words. As you can see in the line above, the consonant f is repeated in words fain, fell, and faring, thus creating alliteration.

Caesura is a pause within a line of poetry.

Enjambment happens when the poet's thought doesn't end with one line but rather extends into the next one.

Synecdoche means that a part represents the whole and vice versa like when you use the singular word head to refer to a number of cattle.