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alliteration

Noun

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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: -

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Alliteration seems to offend people. Dean Koontz

Alliteration the mind - Temple, life is a honeymoon vernal song on the humble bee's lips, Alcoholic realized in the mustard flower, as like friend. Ravindra Prabhat

Like many modern poets, I tend to conceal rhymes by placing them in the middle of lines, and to avoid immediate alliteration and assonance in favor of echoes placed later in the poems. Margaret Atwood

around the rock the ragged rascal ran Source: Internet

Cuthwulf's relationship with Ceawlin is unknown, but the alliteration common to Anglo-Saxon royal families suggests Cuthwulf may be part of the West Saxon royal line. Source: Internet

Clinical studies have shown that those in a manic state will rhyme, find synonyms, and use alliteration more than controls. Source: Internet

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