【 】What is an alliteration?||What is an example of an alliteration?
What is an alliteration?
Answer:
Repetition of a consonant at the beginning of two or more words or stressed syllables.Notice the following examples:
"Puffs,powders,patches,Bibles,billet-doux"
........(Pope:The Rape of the Lock)
........(Pope:The Rape of the Lock)
Here 'p' has been repeated thrice and 'b' twice.So there are two cases of alliteration in this line.
●What is an example of an alliteration?
Answer:
The fair breeze blew,the white foam flew,
The fair breeze blew,the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
....(Coleridge:"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner")
....(Coleridge:"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner")
Here "f" and "b" have been repeated.
"To spend too much time in studies is sloth"
......(Bacon:Of Studies)
......(Bacon:Of Studies)
Here "s" has been repeated.
Example of Alliteration in Poetry | Alliteration Example in Literature
"Blue,glossy green,and velvet black,"
(Coleridge:"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner")
In this line two words begin with " b" and two words with "g".In the word "velvet', "v" is repeated at the beginning of two stressed syllables-"vel" and "vet".
The initial" v" of the word "velvet"has been repeated in the next stressed syllable "vet".Thus,there is alliteration in each of these words:
fulfil, fruitful,bramble, disdain,etc.
fulfil, fruitful,bramble, disdain,etc.
How often do we use alliteration? Observe here:Good God,bold beauty,World Wide Web(www),Mickey Mouse, Bangladesh Biman, American Airlines,etc.Alliteration is used for musical effects.
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