From the given options, select the figure of speech (poetic device) used in expression:
Break, Break, Break open till they break the town
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Alliteration
In "Break, Break, Break open till they break the town", the "b" sound is repeated again and again, giving the line a hard, hammering beat.
| Option | What it is | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Metaphor | A metaphor calls one thing another thing to show a likeness, without "like" or "as". The line describes breaking. It does not say that anything is something else. | For the tired traveller, the small inn was a palace. |
| (2) Personification | Personification gives human qualities to a non-human thing. Nothing non-human is shown thinking, feeling or acting like a person here. | The old house groaned in the storm. |
| (3) Alliteration (answer) | Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words that are close together. | Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. |
| (4) Simile | A simile compares two things using "like" or "as". There is no such comparison in the line. | Her smile was like sunshine. |