Question

Which pair of lines from “Lines Written in Early Spring” by William Wordsworth is an example of alliteration?




I heard a thousand blended notes,
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind.

To her fair works did nature link
The human soul that through me ran;
And much it griev’d my heart to think
What man has made of man.

Through primrose-tufts, in that sweet bower,
The periwinkle trail’d its wreathes;
And ‘tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.

Answer 1

Alliteration is a poetic device in which a letter or a letter cluster is often repeated in succession at the beginning of words. Such lines in this poem could be:
"Bring sad thoughts to the mind" having Th, t, th in succession
or "Through primrose-tufts, in that sweet bower", having "th, t (in tufts), th"

Answer 2

# 2"And much it griev’d my heart to think

What man has made of man." is the answer