Which excerpt from the passage best states the authors' claim?

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explanation:

the correct answer is d. a discussion of specific uses of alliteration

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when you are critiquing or evaluating a poem, you will mostly pay attention to the theme, as well as figures of speech and rhythm. alliteration is a figure of speech where consonants are repeated in neighboring words - and it is important for analysis of sound and rhythm, which is why it might appear in the evaluation of that poem.

the two sonnets of sidney most closely follows the division between the octave and the sestet are the astrophel and stella sonnets.