Read the excerpt from “Sea Fever” by John Masefield. To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife; Which sound device is most notable in the excerpt?

The repeated initial “w” sound in “way,” “where,” “wind’s,” and “whetted” makes alliteration the most notable sound device. Rhyme depends on matching end sounds, and the excerpt’s main pattern is repetition at the beginnings of words.

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