Question

Select the correct text in the passage.
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.

Answer 1

Answer:

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.

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