Read the following poetry excerpt from Rudyard Kipling’s novel, The Jungle Book.
Now Rann, the Kite, brings home the night
That Mang, the Bat, sets free –
The herds are shut in byre and hut,
For loosed till dawn are we.
This is the hour of pride and power,
Talon and tush and claw.
Oh, hear the call! – Good hunting all
That keep the Jungle Law!
Determine which two phrases below from the poem contain alliteration. Select the two correct answers.
(1 point)
Responses
talon and tush and claw
talon and tush and claw
the herds are shut
the herds are shut
brings home the night
brings home the night
keep the Jungle Law!
keep the Jungle Law!
pride and power
talon and tush and claw
keep the Jungle Law!