How does the alliteration of the “s” sound affect the meaning?

read these lines from the passage.

the sixth age shifts

into the lean and slippered pantaloon,

with spectacles on nose and pouch on side;

his youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide

for his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,

turning again toward childish treble, pipes

and whistles in his sound.

how does the alliteration of the “s” sound affect the meaning?

a. it emphasizes that these lines are about the sixth stage.

b. it simulates the voice of an elderly person.

c. it reinforces that the person is slipping toward death.

d. it creates a sense of desperation.

Millicent sat down at her desk in the big study hall. tomorrow she would come to school, proudly, laughingly, without lipstick, with her brown hair straight and shoulder length, and then everybody would know, even the boys would know, that she was one of the elect. teachers would smile , thinking perhaps: so now they've picked millicent arnold. i never would have guessed it. —"initiation," sylvia plath what inference can be made about millicent from the way she is characterized indirectly? millicent is a student with straight brown hair. millicent does not usually take care of her appearance. millicent has not always been popular.