Which three lines in the poem are examples of alliteration? Song: To Celia by Ben Jonson Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I’ll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove’s nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee As giving it a hope, that there It could not withered be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent’st it back to me; Since when it grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee.

Alliteration is the repetition of a sound at the beginning of a set of words.

The following three lines in the poem all feature alliteration (words with alliteration are bolded)

'Doth ask a drink divine'
Repeated sound: /d/

'The thirst that from the soul doth rise'
Repeated sound: /θ/ (voiced th)

'Since when it grows, and smells, I swear...'
Repeated sound: /s/

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jayilych4real jayilych4real · Answer 2 · 2022-01-21T14:22:19+01:00

The three lines in the poem which are examples of alliteration are:

Doth ask a drink divine'

'The thirst that from the soul doth rise'

'Since when it grows, and smells, I swear...'

Based on the given text, we can see that there is the narration of a song and this is used to show that the poet could use different literary expressions.

With this in mind, we can see that alliteration has to do with similarly sounding words in a sentence and the three lines which contains alliteration are shown above.