“Full Fathom Five” Which lines contain examples of alliteration? Select all that apply.
A. “Full fathom five thy father lies;”
B. “Those are pearls that were his eyes”
C. “Nothing of him that doth fade,”
D. “Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:”
E. “Hark! now I hear them, —ding-ding, bell.”
I think A & E.
*—ding-dong, bell. (Correction)
Nope!
Definition of alliteration
: the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alliteration
You are correct! The lines that contain examples of alliteration are A and E. A: "Full fathom five thy father lies;" and E: "Hark! now I hear them, —ding-ding, bell." Both of these lines have repeated consonant sounds. Well done!
To identify examples of alliteration, you need to look for words in the lines that have the same initial consonant sound. Let's examine each line:
A. "Full fathom five thy father lies;" - This line does not contain alliteration.
B. "Those are pearls that were his eyes" - This line does not contain alliteration.
C. "Nothing of him that doth fade," - This line does not contain alliteration.
D. "Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:" - This line contains alliteration with the repeated "s" sound in "Sea-nymphs" and "hourly."
E. "Hark! Now I hear them, —ding-ding, bell." - This line contains alliteration with the repeated "d" sound in "ding-ding."
Therefore, the lines containing examples of alliteration are D and E.