Question

What literary device is used in these lines from "Music, When Soft Voices Die (To--)" by Percy Shelley?

Odors, when sweet violets sicken.
Live within the sense they quicken.

metaphor
alliteration
allusion
apostrophe

Answer 1

Answer: Alliteratiom

Explanation: Percy Shelley uses alliteration as a literary device in these lines from "Music, When Soft Voices Die (To--)". By using alliteration the writer repeats a sound in a sequence of words. It gives a strong rhythm to the words. For example in these lines the consonant sound /s/ is repeated at the beginning of several words (sweet, sicken, sense).

Answer 2

Alliteration. The same sound is repeated.