Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow (Q. Nos. 100 to 105) by selecting the correct/most appropriate options:
Charge of the Light Brigade
By Alfred Tennyson
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Forward the Light Brigade !
Charge for the guns !" he said.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismay'd ?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Some one had blunder'd.
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
Which literary device is used in the expression, 'to do and die' ?
Correct Answer :
Alliteration
Solution :
The correct option is Alliteration.
Explanation:
Alliteration is a literary device where two or more words in a phrase or line of poetry share the same initial consonant sound.
In the expression 'to do and die', the consonant sound /d/ is repeated at the beginning of the words 'do' and 'die'. This repetition of the initial consonant sound creates a rhythmic effect, making Alliteration the correct literary device used here.
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