Question

Identify the sound device found in the following lines of the poem “The Song of Wandering Aengus.”

“And when white moths were on the wing
And moth-like stars were flickering out”
-William Butler Yeats
Alliteration
Assonance
Refrain
Rhyme

Answer 1

The sound device found in the lines "And when white moths were on the wing / And moth-like stars were flickering out" from “The Song of Wandering Aengus” by William Butler Yeats is **Alliteration**.

Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in closely positioned words, as seen with the "w" sounds in "white" and "wing," and the "m" sounds in "moths" and "moth-like."