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Identify the sound device found in the following lines of the poem “The song of Wandering Aengus.”

“And when white moths were on the wing
And moth-like stars were see

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Alliteration

Step-by-step explanation:

The definiton of an alliteration is "the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)" (Merriam-Webster)

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