"A Valentine" by Edgar Allan Poe For her this rhyme is penned whose luminous eyes, Brightly expressive as the twins of Leda, Sha
ll find her own sweet name, that nestling lies Upon the page, enwrapped from every reader. Search narrowly the lines!—they hold a treasure Divine—a talisman—an amulet That must be worn at heart. Search well the measure— The words—the syllables! Do not forget The trivialest point, or you may lose your labor And yet there is in this no Gordian knot Which one might not undo without a sabre, If one could merely comprehend the plot. Enwritten upon the leaf where now are peering Eyes scintillating soul, there lie perdus Three eloquent words oft uttered in the hearing Of poets, by poets—as the name is a poet's, too, Its letters, although naturally lying Like the knight Pinto—Mendez Ferdinando— Still form a synonym for Truth—Cease trying! You will not read the riddle, though you do the best you can do. What literary device is used in the phrase, "eyes scintillating soul"? alliteration connotation metaphor rhyme
In the phrase, "eyes scintillating soul" <u>alliteration</u> is the literary device which has been used.
Alliteration is a literary device in which words with the same consonant sound or syllable occur. It gives a poem a different and a unique rhythm. Alliteration is a special case of consonance when the consonant sound of the stressed syllable is repeated. In the phrase "eyes scintillating soul" the sound 's' has been repeated in the words 'eyes,' 'scintillating' and 'soul.'
Explanation: alliteration is a literary device that consists in the repetition of the beginning sounds of consecutive words, or words that are close to each other. In the phrase "eyes scintillating soul" from the given excerpt from "A Valentine" by Edgar Allan Poe, we can see a clear example of alliteration, because of the repetition of the "s" sound at the beginning of the words "scintillating" and "soul."
