How does the meter in this line emphasize this use of alliteration?What kind of figure of speech is used in this line? Here is the line-- And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea Please help I do not understand this at all Please

Answer 1

Study these two sites and then tell us what you think.

http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/alliteration.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/simile.html

Answer 2

Meter?

And the SHEEN of their SPEARS was like STARS on the SEA.

Answer 3

How does the meter in this line emphasize this use of alliteration? Help please! The line is And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea. I do not even know what the meter is in this line. The last two websites help alittle but I still don't know this.

Answer 4

Look at what I posted above. The capitalized words are accented. In this meter, every third word is emphasized.

Answer 5

I should have said every third syllable is emphasized.