Walt Whitman: Poems

Read these lines from "Beat! Beat! Drums!" by Walt Whitman. Into the solemn church, and scatter the congregation, Into the school where the scholar is studying... What impact does alliteration have on these lines?

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The alliteration in the above phrase serves to create rhythm and mood..... a sense of danger.

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