Question

Read this line from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven."

Swung by seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.
Which of these poetic devices does Poe use here?
A. Meter
B. Alliteration
C. Repetition
D. Rhetorical question

Answer 1

The answer is Alliteration for Apex.

Answer 2

The poetic device that Poe uses in the above line is Alliteration.

The correct option is B.

Alliteration is a literary device in which words with the same consonant sound or syllable occur. It gives a poem a different and a unique rhythm. In the above line the words “swung” and “Seraphim” with sound 's', the words “foot-falls” and “floor” with sound 'f' and the words “tinkled” and “tufted” with sound 't' are the examples of alliteration.