Read the excerpt from "Annabel Lee," by Edgar Allan Poe. In her sepulchre there by the sea— In her tomb by the sounding sea. How does Poe use a sound device in the excerpt?

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He uses alliteration to link images of the sea with images of death.

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Read the excerpt from "Annabel Lee," by Edgar Allan Poe. In her sepulchre there by the sea— In her tomb by the sounding sea. How does Poe use a sound device in the excerpt?

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