Read the passage from "A Shield."A lonely warrior,I am wounded with iron,Scarred with sword-points,sated with battle-play,Weary of weapons.I have witnessed much fighting,Much stubborn strife.

The passage repeats the initial consonant sound /w/ in phrases such as “wounded with,” “weapons,” and “witnessed,” and the /s/ sound in “Scarred with sword-points, sated.” This repetition of beginning consonant sounds is alliteration. It is not rhyme, because the line endings do not share matching sounds.

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