elect the correct text in the passage.
Which three lines in this excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee" contain alliteration?
The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me—
Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee

. . .

For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea—
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

Question

elect the correct text in the passage.
Which three lines in this excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee" contain alliteration?
The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me—
Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee

. . .

For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea—
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

SmokeyBrown · Answer

Alliteration is the use of words that contain the same or similar sounding syllables close together. Like "She sells sea shells by the sea shore" is a well-known tongue twister and also and example of excessive alliteration.

Where in the passage do you see lots of similar sounding syllables spoken in succession?

shyshy101 · Answer

"That thewind came out of thecloud by night" Is that what you mean?

SmokeyBrown · Answer

@shyshy101 wrote:

"That thewind came out of thecloud by night" Is that what you mean?

It is true that this line uses "that" and "the" a few times, but I don't think that's a very strong example of alliteration, and it's probably not intentional. These are very common words in the English language, after all. Or maybe you were thinking of the "c" sound in "came" and "cloud"? That's possibly correct. I was more looking at the line "For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams...", but honestly I'm not really sure. There's not very *strong* alliteration in the poem, although I guess that is an example. Recall also that the question asks "which *three* lines... contain alliteration", so we'll want to find 3 total. I suppose we can call that 2 so far, if you want to count them both.

Vocaloid · Answer

The first line stands out to me as a good example of alliteration using the “h” sound (half, happy, heaven)