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noun - use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
ALLITERATION - Alliteration is a figure of speech and a stylistic literary device which is identified by the repeated sound of the first or second letter in a serie...
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| Repetitive literary device illustrated in "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" |
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| The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables, as in "on scrolls of silver snowy sentences ( Hart Crane). Modern alliteration is predominantly consonantal certain literary traditions, such as Old English verse, also alliterate using vowel sounds. |
| the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. |
| use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse |
| The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. |
| the use, especially in poetry, of the same sound or sounds, especially consonants, at the beginning of several words that are close together: |
| the repetition of consonants at the beginning of two or more words, as in "live and learn" |
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Alliteration is a figure of speech and a stylistic literary device which is identified by the repeated sound of the first or second letter in a series of words, or the repetition of the same letter sounds in stressed syllables of a phrase. "Alliteration" is from the Latin word littera, meaning "letter of the alphabet"; it was first coined in a Latin dialogue by the Italian humanist Giovanni Pontano in the 15th century.Alliteration narrowly refers to the repetition of a letter in any syllables that, according to the poem's meter, are stressed, as in James Thomson's verse "Comedragging the lazy languid Line along". Another example is "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers". * Consonance is a broader literary device identified by the repetition of consonant sounds at any point in a word (e.g. coming home, hot foot). Alliteration is a special case of consonance where the repeated consonant sound is in the stressed syllable. Alliteration may also refer to the use of different but simil |