Read the excerpt from "digging." under my window, a clean rasping sound when the spade sinks into gravelly ground: my father, digging. i look down read the haiku by bashō. clear water— a tiny crab crawling up my leg. which statement best describes the similarities between the excerpt from "digging" and the haiku?

a. both use alliteration to connect ideas and create interesting sounds.
b. both are disjointed by the sound devices used by the poets.
c. both explore the topic of farming.
d. both shift from the present time to the past.

A - Both use alliteration to connect ideas and create interesting sounds.

Explanation:

Alliteration, as a literary device, means to start a series of words with the same consonant sound. We found alliteration in:

First, in "Digging", at: "(...) When the spade sinks into gravelly ground".

Then, at the haiku: "(...) a tiny crab crawling up my leg".

Therefore, it was meant to connect ideas with the sounds, hence creating interesting images for the reader.

A - Both use alliteration to connect ideas and create interesting sounds.

Explanation:

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