Line 9: "Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow" Where the Sidewalk Ends: How does the alliteration in line 9 contribute to the description of “this place”?

A. “Past the pits” sounds harsh, hissing, and unfriendly

B. “[A]sphalt flowers” bring to mind a harsh and industrial place.

C. “Past the pits” sounds bouncy and playful.

D. “[A]sphalt flowers” would never grow in pits.

Where the Sidewalk Ends poem

There is a place where the sidewalk ends

and before the street begins,

and there the grass grows soft and white,

and there the sun burns crimson bright,

and there the moon-bird rests from his flight

to cool in the peppermint wind.

Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black

and the dark street winds and bends.

Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow

we shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow

and watch where the chalk-white arrows go

to the place where the sidewalk ends.

Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,

and we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,

for the children, they mark, and the children, they know,

the place where the sidewalk ends.