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Alliteration is the
repetition of syllable-initial
consonant sounds between nearby words, or of syllable-initial vowels, if the
syllables in
question do...
- In prosody,
alliterative verse is a form of
verse that uses
alliteration as the prin****l
device to
indicate the
underlying metrical structure, as opposed...
- of words, or to
evoke emotive responses.
Devices such as ****onance,
alliteration, onomatopoeia, and
rhythm may
convey musical or
incantatory effects....
- The term
alliteration was
invented by the
Italian humanist Giovanni Pontano (1426–1503), in his
dialogue Actius, to
describe the
practice common in Virgil...
- as the
counterpart to the vowel-sound
repetition known as ****onance.
Alliteration is a
special case of
consonance where the
repeated consonant sound is...
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commonalities with Old English, Old Saxon, and Old High
German poetry,
including alliteration,
poetic cir****locutions
termed kennings, and an
expansive vocabulary...
- The most
salient feature of Old
English poetry is its
heavy use of
alliteration. The most
widely used
system for
classifying Old
English prosodic patterns...
- Kingdom, most
literary works were
written in
simple prose with
certain alliteration schemes.
Major works include King Ram
Khamhaeng Inscription describing...
- "Peter Piper" is an English-language
nursery rhyme and well-known
alliteration tongue-twister. It has a Roud Folk Song
Index number of 19745. The traditional...
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effect can also be
produced in a
phrase or word
string with the help of
alliteration and
consonance alone,
without using any
onomatopoeic words. The most...
