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Alliteration - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Alliteration : (noun)
1: use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed
syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged
rascal ran" [syn: initial rhyme, beginning rhyme, head
rhyme]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Alliteration : \Al*lit`er*a"tion\, n. [L. ad _ litera letter. See
Letter.]
The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or
more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short
intervals; as in the following lines:
Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness.
--Milton.
Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields. --Tennyson.
Note: The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of
words is also called alliteration. Anglo-Saxon poetry
is characterized by alliterative meter of this sort.
Later poets also employed it.
In a somer seson whan soft was the sonne, I shope
me in shroudes as I a shepe were. --P. Plowman.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Alliteration |
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yasminghassani: @sophiehayman You murdered the "Migraine Skank"! Also, it's BBC One not Channel 1 you stupid, skinny slut (bare Alliteration) |
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martinpribble: @CandyWWGM you like that? Alliteration FTW! |
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snuggleduck: I don't remember hearing vexations RT @LiMissPriestley: Vacuous & vexatious also rock. Yay for Alliteration! RT @KristaVernoff Yes! |
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