"I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king" - Frank Sinatra

Question

The above song lyric is a literary example of ..............

Group of answer choices

Simile

Allusion

Alliteration

Thesis

Answer 1

The lyric "I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king" is an example of alliteration. Alliteration refers to the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words, which is present here with the repeated "p" sound in "puppet," "pauper," "pirate," "poet," and "pawn."

So, the correct choice is Alliteration.