B. A supporting detail from common knowledge
Answer:
The feature that most helps indicate to the reader that this modern translation was originally an Old English poem is alliteration
Explanation:
The question is not complete since it does not provide the reference text, here is the text:
Read the passage from "A Shield."
A lonely warrior,I am wounded with iron,
Scarred with sword-points,sated with battle-play,
Weary of weapons.I have witnessed much fighting,
Much stubborn strife.
First of all, we need to take in consideration that alliteration is the principal literary device Old English poetry to bind the words, this lines have several examples of this technique such as "wounded with" or "stubborn strife", the other options are not as representative of old English poetry as this literary device.
I'll help as soon as I can but what's this question referring to? A book or?
True, the speaker in the poem, a farmer, is concerned with loyalty: He is struggling to decide how much loyalty he owes a none-too-reliable former employee who has returned in his absence and whom his wife says is dying