Read the excerpt from "digging."

the cold smell of potato mould, the squelch and slap
of soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edge
through living roots awaken in my head.
but i’ve no spade to follow men like them.

which words in the excerpt are linked by alliteration?

- Cold, curt, cuts.

Explanation:

Alliteration is demonstrated as a figure of speech which includes repetition of identical consonant sounds in a line of a poem or phrase. Such a device is employed by the poets more often to create a specific effect like rhythm or mood or to emphasize a particular point by capturing the readers' attention.

In the given excerpt, the words "cold, curt, cuts" illustrate this literary device(alliteration) which repeats the consonant sound 'c' and adding a special rhythmic effect to the poem.

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