What does the alliteration “clasps the crag with crooked hands” in the opening line draw attention to?

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anonymous · Answer

The Eagle
 by Alfred Lord Tennyson (excerpt)

 He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
 Close to the sun in lonely lands,
 Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.
 The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; 
He watches from his mountain walls,
 And like a thunderbolt he falls.

anonymous · Answer

the difficulty of the bird holding onto the rock



the size of the rock on which the bird sits



the tiring body of the old bird



the sharp and powerful talons of the bird

conqueror · Answer

It can't be D.

anonymous · Answer

Alliteration:the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

conqueror · Answer

@kels200105

Yes, but we are trying to find what the alliteration draws attention to. It already gives us the alliteration. :)

conqueror · Answer

@CaseyCarns

Any ideas ?

anonymous · Answer

Oh, duh. Sorry lol.

anonymous · Answer

This isn't the answer, but dang, this is an... Sad, poem. :P

anonymous · Answer

A?

conqueror · Answer

$\huge\color{black}{:}$ $\huge\color{red}{P}$

anonymous · Answer

I'd say so! :)

conqueror · Answer

Yes...if it is not A...then it can only be C.