Question

Read the following poetry excerpt from Rudyard Kipling’s novel, The Jungle Book.



Now Rann, the Kite, brings home the night

That Mang, the Bat, sets free –

The herds are shut in byre and hut,

For loosed till dawn are we.

This is the hour of pride and power,

Talon and tush and claw.

Oh, hear the call! – Good hunting all

That keep the Jungle Law!



Determine which two phrases below from the poem contain alliteration. Select the two correct answers.

(1 point)
Responses

the herds are shut
the herds are shut

talon and tush and claw
talon and tush and claw

keep the Jungle Law!
keep the Jungle Law!

brings home the night
brings home the night

pride and power

Answer 1

talon and tush and claw