Explain how the alliteration in "full fathom five" convey the atmosphere of the poem. think about where the poem is set and what is described. then, give two examples of alliteration in the poem, and describe how they add to the atmosphere.

The poem "Full Fathom Five" was written by William Shakespeare. It was a part of his story, The Tempest.

The poem depicts the dead father whose body instead of decaying became something beautiful. His bones became corals. His eyes became pearls. His death brings about a change in the sea making it richer.

Alliteration is a series of words in a row that have the same first consonant sounds.

Full fathom five thy father lies; → repeating F sounds
Those are pearls that were his eyes:  → repeating TH sounds

As the boys sleep, military airplanes battle fiercely above the island. none of the boys sees the explosions and flashes in the clouds because the twins sam and eric, who were supposed to watch the signal fire, have fallen asleep. during the battle, a parachutist drifts down from the sky onto the island, dead.