Question

Which words are used to create alliteration in this excerpt from Samuel Taylor’s coleridges kubla Kahn

Answer 1

The answer is C. Sunny and spots

Answer 2

Question: Which words are used to create alliteration in this excerpt from Samuel Taylor’s Coleridges Kubla Kahn

Options:  

• A. Here and were  

• B. There and here  

• C. Sunny and spots  

• D. Gardens and bright

Answer: The correct answer is option: D. Gardens and bright.  

Explanation: Alliteration is the conspicuous repetition of identical initial consonant sounds with associated syllables within a group of words. The spelling may vary.  

* In Samuel Taylor's poem, we can read the following:  

''...And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,  

Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;  

And here were forests ancient as the hills,  

Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.''

This poem, mentions gardens bright and two lines later, in the same position, it mentions forests ancient. Gardens and forests are both nouns and bright and ancient are both adjectives. These words have similar syllable sounds and they are placed in a group of words with some type of conspicuous repetition. This is known as alliteration.