Question

choose the poem that uses alliteration.
the little toy dog is covered with dust,
but sturdy and stanch he stands;
and the little toy soldier is red with rust,
and his musket molds in his hands.
the blue of the sky above me,
the green of the waves beneath;
the sun flashing down on a gray - white sail.
from eugene field, \little boy blue\ and from paul laurence dunbar, \the mystic sea\.

Explanation:

Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words. The second poem has repeated initial "s" sounds in "sturdy", "stanch", "stands", and repeated "m" sounds in "musket", "molds". The first poem has no clear initial consonant repetition across neighboring words.

Answer:

The little toy dog is covered with dust,
But sturdy and stanch he stands;
And the little toy soldier is red with rust,
And his musket molds in his hands.