In a somer seson whan soft was the sonneI shope me in shroudes as I a shepe were.
Example of alliteration and repetition. The repeated sounds of alliteration do not have to appear in sequential words one immediately after another. Bed Bath. One by one they entered the world Heorogar Hrothgar the good Halga and a daughter I have heard who was Onelas queen a balm in bed to the battle-scarred Swede.
Examples of Alliteration in Literature Example 1. It is used to stress a point and to make the sentence more pleasing to the ear. For instance the example below is alliterative despite the a and of.
- Behemoth biggest born of earth upheavedHis vastness. The human brain likes the repetition of alliteration making it easier. As a method of linking words for effect alliteration is also called head rhyme or initial rhyme.
Example of Repetition in Movies Wax on. No branchy thicket shelter yields. Think of all of the famous and well-known brands and companies that have used alliteration in their names.
Alliteration as a figure of speech appears in poetry prose and musical lyrics. Paradise Lost by John Milton I leave the plain I climb the height. Alliteration is a literary device where consonant sounds are repeated at a stressed part of the word usually at the beginning.
A blessing in disguise. Alliteration brings resonance and mood into a piece of writing. For example tasty tacos is considered an alliteration but thirty typist is not because th and ty dont sound the same.