Question

Select the correct text in the passage.

Which three lines in this excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee" contain alliteration?
The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me-
Yes!-that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee:
m
For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling-my darling-my life and my bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea-
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

Answer 1

1. Of my darling-my darling-my life and my bride,

2. The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,

3. In her tomb by the sounding sea.

Step-by-step explanation:

Alliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant sounds of a group of closely connected words. In the poem above, three lines bearing alliteration include;

Of my darling-my darling-my life and my bride,

Here, the consonants m and d, is repeated in the string of words.

The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,

Here the initial consonant h, was repeated.

In her tomb by the sounding sea

The sounding sea represents alliteration.