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The poem’s opening line contains repetitions of the “-ll” sound. What is this poetic device called and what effect does it have?​

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Alliteration, in prosody, the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables. Sometimes the repetition of initial vowel sounds (head rhyme) is also referred to as alliteration. As a poetic device,

is often discussed with assonance and consonance

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