Concept:Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words placed close together.
Explanation:Read the passage aloud and notice the initial consonant sounds.
The letter "f" is repeated in "fair", "foam", "furrow", "followed", and "free".
The letter "b" is repeated in "breeze" and "blew".
The letter "s" is repeated in "silent" and "sea".
These repeated beginning sounds are not separated by random placement; they occur in nearby words and create rhythm.
This device gives the lines a musical and flowing quality.
Repetition involves repeating whole words, not just consonant sounds.
Paradox is a self-contradictory statement, which does not appear here.
A rhyme scheme refers to matching sounds at the end of lines, but this passage is dominated by beginning-sound patterns.
Therefore, the dominant figure of speech is alliteration.
Answer:B. alliteration