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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)
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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Solution
Examples
of
alliteration in the poem are:
‘Lightly,
O lightly’
‘Gaily,
O gaily’
‘Softly,
O softly’
Examples of alliteration in the poem are:
‘Lightly, O lightly’
‘Gaily, O gaily’
‘Softly, O softly’
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