Question

Which line from the poem above illustrates alliteration?. . A.“Long have I known a glory in it all”. B.“Thou’st made the world too beautiful this year”. C.“To lift the lean of that black bluff!”.D. “My soul is all but out of me”.

Answer 1

The correct option is:

C. “To lift the lean of that black bluff!”.

The question refers to "God's World" by Pulitzer Prize-winner Edna St. Vincent Millay.  Alliteration is a literary resource that appears when there´s a notable repetition of the same initial consonant sounds,  even those spelled differently, in successive or associated syllables in a sentence or group of words.

Answer 2

The answer to this question is C.