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Give three examples of alliteration in “Song of the Open Road.” (Best Answer is 18 points))

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1) In the opening stanza, Whitman writes that he is "Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms / Strong and content I travel the open road." Here you have alliteration carried across two lines, from complaints to querulous criticism (note the hard q) to content. 2) The fifth stanza alliterates on the L in 'loosed of limits and imaginary lines' and then reinforces the theme in the next line with reference to 'list' and 'listening' 3) Throughout Whitman uses alliteration when naming professions. Examples include the "Farmer's Farms" producing "Fruits" and "Flowers" in stanza 13, and Whitman's urge that we "Let the Preacher preach in his pulpit" in stanza 15.
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