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which line in this excerpt from Walt Whitman's oh captain my captain contains alliteration?

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; rise up-for you the flag is flung-for you the bugle trills, for you bouquets snd ribbon'd wreaths-for you the shores a-crowding, for you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; your captain! dear father! this arm beneath your head! it is some dream that on the deck, you fall in cold and dead

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Answer:

Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills,

Step-by-step explanation:

The second line of the stanza, “Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for the bugle trills,” contains alliteration. The words flag and flung are near each other and both begin with the letters fl.

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Answer:

I think the answer is "rise up-for you the flag is flung-for you"

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