Underline an example of alliteration and explain how this is an example of alliteration.

excerpt from "the things that matter” by e. nesbit

now that i've nearly done my days,
and grown too stiff to sweep or sew,
i sit and think, till i'm amaze,
about what lots of things i know:
things as i've found out one by one-
and when i'm fast down in the clay,
my knowing things and how they're done
will all be lost and thrown away.

particulars about treasure island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, i take up my pen in the year of grace and go back to the time when my father kept th

explanation:

the answer is:

when will (v) the books (n) be (v) due?

nouns refer to people (other than pronouns), places and things, whereas verbs describe actions and are usually part of the predicate of a sentence. finally, pronouns can work as nouns and identify the participants in speech.

in the example sentence, "will" is a verb part or auxiliary verb, "be" is an infinitive verb and "books" is a plural noun.

what are the main ideas?