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Which poetic device is used in “left debts and daughters”?

ASimile

BAlliteration

CHyperbole

DMetaphor

Answer:

B. Alliteration

Read Explanation:

The repetition of the initial sound ‘d’ in “debts and daughters” is alliteration, which gives the line rhythm and emphasis.


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