Question

select the correct answer.
what literary device is used in these lines from \music, when soft voices die (to--)\ by percy shelley?
odors, when sweet violets sicken.
live within the sense they quicken.

a. metaphor
b. alliteration
c. allusion
d. apostrophe

Explanation:

Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words. In the given lines, "sweet" and "sicken" share the initial /s/ sound, and "sense" and "quicken" also share the initial /s/ sound, which fits the definition of alliteration. A metaphor directly compares unrelated things without "like" or "as" (not present here). An allusion references another work/figure (not present here). Apostrophe addresses an absent/dead entity or abstraction (not present here).

Answer:

B. alliteration