The figures of speech are "the virgin".
Having a fixed number of syllables per line
The role of a foil in a literary work to to provide contrast against the protagonist, in order to further highlight one or more characteristics of the protagonist.
Answer: "He" is the person who succeeded despite the doubters.
The context seems to be a situation that seemed impossible to most people, but one person dared to try, even when someone scoffed and tried to discourage him.
The alliteration is the repetition of s-sounds in "someone scoffed"
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