Which of the following lines contain alliteration?

Meanwhile, his friend, through alley and street 1
Wanders and watches with eager ears, 2
Till in the silence around him he hears 3
The muster of men at the barrack door, 4
The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet, 5
And the measured tread of the grenadiers 6
Marching down to their boats on the shore. 7

Lines 1 and 2

Lines 2, 3, 4

Lines 6 and 7

Line 4 only

Question

Which of the following lines contain alliteration?


Meanwhile, his friend, through alley and street 1 
Wanders and watches with eager ears,  2 
Till in the silence around him he hears  3 
The muster of men at the barrack door,  4 
The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet, 5 
And the measured tread of the grenadiers 6 
Marching down to their boats on the shore. 7 

 Lines 1 and 2 

 Lines 2, 3, 4 

 Lines 6 and 7 

 Line 4 only

anonymous · Answer

Alliteration is the use of similar consonants: a poetic or literary effect achieved by using several words that begin with the same or similar consonants, as in "Whither wilt thou wander, wayfarer?"

I would say line 2,3,4