Question

Which of the following lines contain alliteration?

1Meanwhile, his friend, through alley and street
2Wanders and watches with eager ears
, 3 Till in the silence around him he hears
4 The muster of men at the barrack door,
5 The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet
, 6 And the measured tread of the grenadiers
7 Marching down to their boats on the shore.

Answer 1

Because alliteration is when the same sound (not necessarily the same letter) occurs at the beginning of a word or words that closely follow each other in the same sentence or poem line, we can see that with a "W" sound, the second line contains alliteration with the words "wanders," "watches," and "with."  And, the fourth line contains alliteration with the "M" sound with the words "muster" and "men."