Alliteration occurs frequently in the poem, as seen with Cheevy and child (line 1), Miniver mourned (line 13), and ripe renown (line 13). Locate and write down three other examples of alliteration in the poem.

An alliteration is a literary device in which consonant of two or more words in the same line repeats. Common occurrence of an alliteration can be found in 'Tongue Twisters.'

For example, I saw Susie sitting at the seashore selling seashell. (There's a repetition of the consonant 's' in the line).

In the poem "Miniver Cheevy" written by Edwin Arlington Robinson, there are many examples of alliteration. Some are stated in the question, other examples are:

He wept that he ever was born (line 3)
Swords and steeds (line 6)
Miniver and Medici (line 17)
Cursed the commonplace (line 21)
missed the Medieval (line 23)

jayilych4real jayilych4real · Answer 2 · 2022-01-13T13:47:55+01:00

The examples of alliteration which can be found in the text are:

Swords and steeds;
Miniver and Medici;
Cursed and commonplace.

What is Alliteration?

This is simply a literary device which makes use of there is the recurrence of consonant words usually with the same letter in a given sentence.

With this in mind, we can see that with the words "swords and steeds", :miniver and medici", the author is using alliteration to show the same letter for dramatic effect.