How does the poet's use of alliteration influence the mood or tone of the passage?
1. "a powerful monster, growled in pain" (1-2)
2. "my tongue grows in this hall" (207-210)
3. "herot across them" (293-300)

Alliteration is the repetion of a sound in two or more words in close succession. The effect it produces depends on the sound being repeated. In the first example a "p" sound is repeated: powerful, pain. This makes for a harsh tone, which follows the harshness of the action. The second example repeats an "h" sound: heavy, hall. It softens the mood. The last example is less clear. One could point to the t's in Herot, trembled, which give the verse a hard tone.

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