Read the poem below and answer the question that follows."God's World"by Edna St. Vincent MillayO world, I cannot hold thee close enough! Thy winds, thy wide grey skies! Thy mists, that roll and rise! Thy woods, this autumn day, that ache and sagAnd all but cry with colour! That gaunt cragTo crush! To lift the lean of that black bluff! World, World, I cannot get thee close enough! Long have I known a glory in it all, But never knew I this:Here such a passion isAs stretcheth me apart,-Lord, I do fearThou'st made the world too beautiful this year; My soul is all but out of me,-let fallNo burning leaf; prithee, let no bird call. Source: Millay, Edna St. Vincent. "God's World." Renascence and Other Poems. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1917. Poetry Foundation. Web. 6 May 2011. Which line from the poem above illustrates alliteration?

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Lina Park

14 April, 09:06

Read the poem below and answer the question that follows."God's World"by Edna St. Vincent MillayO world, I cannot hold thee close enough! Thy winds, thy wide grey skies! Thy mists, that roll and rise! Thy woods, this autumn day, that ache and sagAnd all but cry with colour! That gaunt cragTo crush! To lift the lean of that black bluff! World, World, I cannot get thee close enough! Long have I known a glory in it all, But never knew I this:Here such a passion isAs stretcheth me apart,-Lord, I do fearThou'st made the world too beautiful this year; My soul is all but out of me,-let fallNo burning leaf; prithee, let no bird call. Source: Millay, Edna St. Vincent. "God's World." Renascence and Other Poems. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1917. Poetry Foundation. Web. 6 May 2011. Which line from the poem above illustrates alliteration?

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Lizbeth Banks · Answer 1

"To lift the lean of that black bluff!" is the correct answer.

Explanation:

Alliteration is a rhetorical device. It is a type of repetition and it is characterized because the speaker puts in a phrase words with the same sound at the beginning (starting with consonants.) We can see this at the end of the line, with the words black buff; due to this, it is the correct answer.

Anne Mcdaniel · Answer 2

That gaunt crag to crush!

Explanation:

Alliteration is the repetition of beginning sounds. In this line 'crag' and crush' both begin with 'cr' sound - alliteration!