Find out examples from the poem. Alliteration - English

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Find out examples from the poem.

Alliteration

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''Spent a season in Kashmir''
"Came back thinner, rather poor,
But richer by a cherry tree at my door.''
"And I could scarcely believe it-a a berry."

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Chapter 2.1: Cherry Tree - Brainstorming [Page 68]

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