I can’t see the stanza, but generally, alliteration can help add mood and sometimes tone to the writing. The repetitiveness can add a cadence to the poem.
Answer:
Since I don't know the context your putting the word in I'll give you all of the meanings
1: the state or fact of being completely destroyed or obliterated.
2: the act of annihilating something or the state of being annihilated
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what options do you have?
The sentence that seems to match the language and culture of Cervantes's time most closely is A. He dismounted briskly from his horse, ready to engage in battle.
Cervantes wrote during the era of Baroque, which means that every writer's style was embellished and fancy and had a lot of sophisticated words. So the option that best conveys this tone and style is A. The other sentences are either too plain or too informal.