Read the poem below and answer the question that follows.



“Silver”
by Walter de la Mare

Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon;
This way, and that, she peers, and sees
Silver fruit upon silver trees;
One by one the casements catch
Her beams beneath the silvery thatch;
Couched in his kennel, like a log,
With paws of silver sleeps the dog;
From their shadowy cote the white breasts peep
Of doves in a silver-feathered sleep;
A harvest mouse goes scampering by,
With silver claws and a silver eye;
And moveless fish in the water gleam,
By silver reeds in a silver stream.

Source: De La Mare, Walter. “Silver.” Poets’ Corner. Poets’ Corner, n.d. Web. 6 June 2011.



Which line from the poem best illustrates alliteration?

“From their shadowy cote the white breasts peep”
“Walks the night in her silver shoon;”
“A harvest mouse goes scampering by,"
“By silver reeds in a silver stream,”