alliteration

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse

From New Latin allīterātiō, from allīterātus, from allīterō, from Latin ad (“to, towards, near”) and lītera (“a letter”).

'On' bears the alliteration; cf. — Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem, Unknown
Find examples of antithesis, alliteration, Latinisms. — Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I, Edmund Spenser
Mere alliteration, Mrs. Pearce, natural to a poet. — Pygmalion, Bernard Shaw

initial rhyme, beginning rhyme, head rhyme

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