Repetition is simply repeating words or phrases.
Example of alliteration and repetition. For instance the example below is alliterative despite the a and of. Alliteration makes specific emphasis on sounds in words while repetition engages in repeating the same words or sequences of words to make a point in the written word. As in the following lines.
Role of Alliteration. A blessing in disguise. For example tasty tacos is considered an alliteration but thirty typist is not because th and ty dont sound the same.
But this isnt always the case. Beowulf as translated by Seamus Heaney The epic poem Beowulf contains examples of alliteration in almost every line. In these lines collins makes use of this kind of repetition in order to benefit the overall rhythm of the poem.
Example of Repetition in Movies Wax on. In American Sonnet there is a great example of alliteration in the fourth and fifth stanzas. American Sonnet by Billy Collins.
Alliteration brings resonance and mood into a piece of writing. Poe for example was a big fan of repetition. As a method of linking words for effect alliteration is also called head rhyme or initial rhyme.
From the examples Bailey gives such as i p se it is clear that he considered that consonants at the end of syllables and words could contribute to alliteration as well as those at the beginning. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers White Walker Sweet Thames run softly til I end my song As the above examples show a repeated sound usually involves a repeated letter. The repeated sounds of alliteration do not have to appear in sequential words one immediately after another.