Pick out examples of alliteration from the poem' Mother and the Mouse'

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Examples of alliteration are:
Darkness doesn't, mighty Mum, baby bat, frightened frown.

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You are already familiar with the poetic device “alliteration”. The poet makes extensive use of the same throughout the poem. Pick out as many examples of alliteration as you can.

Example: fast − father’s; horsemen − hard

The poem has many examples of alliteration. List five examples.

Q. Read the following lines from the poems you have studied and answer the question given below.

"I spawn and splash in distant spills"

Pick out the words in alliteration.

(a) The poet uses alliteration to heighten the musical quality of the sonnet.

Working in pairs, underline the examples of alliteration in the poem.

(b) Identify Shakespeare's use of personification in the poem.

Work in pairs and find examples of alliteration from the poem

Note: one of the devices used by poets is alliteration − the repetition of speech sounds in a sequence of nearby words e.g. in W.H.Auden’s poem “O’ Where Are You Going?” the last stanza makes prominent use of this device:

“Out of this house” − said rider to reader,

“Yours never will” − said farer to fearer,

“They’re looking for you” − said hearer to horror,

As he left them there, as he left them there.

(e.g − rider − reader, farer − fearer, hearer − horror)

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Pick out examples of alliteration from the poem' Mother and the Mouse'

Examples of alliteration are:Darkness doesn't, mighty Mum, baby bat, frightened frown.

Examples of alliteration are:
Darkness doesn't, mighty Mum, baby bat, frightened frown.