what is alliteration in a poem? any examples?
2007-02-04 15:48:45 · 10 answers · asked by precious 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds
Somethings sounds super silly!
Timeliness, timbre and tomes
those don't mean anything, they're just alliteration
2007-02-04 15:52:11 · answer #1 · answered by King Ebeneezer 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Alliteration is using the same beginning letter for each word in the line. An example - Peter Piper Picked Pickles
2007-02-04 15:53:28 · answer #2 · answered by dgdkota 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The definition below is quoted from Webster's online dictionary. As for examples, this is an easy one for Google/Yahoo searching, just search for "alliteration poem examples" and you'll see plenty.
Main Entry:al·lit·er·a·tion
Pronunciation:&-"li-t&-'rA-sh&n
Function:noun
Etymology:ad- + Latin littera letter
: the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) -- called also head rhyme, initial rhyme
2007-02-04 15:52:05 · answer #3 · answered by Jolo 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Cute Cuddly Cats Always Avoid Alliteration.
Stupid Students Shirk Studies !
Learn Languange Laws!
2007-02-04 15:52:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
alliteration (ulit"urā'shun) [key], the repetition of the same starting sound in several words of a sentence. Probably the most powerful rhythmic and thematic uses of alliteration are contained in Beowulf, written in Anglo-Saxon and one of the earliest English poems extant.
Shakespeare parodies alliteration in Peter Quince's Prologue in A Midsummer Night's Dream:
Whereat, with blade, with bloody blameful blade,
He bravely breach'd his boiling bloody breast.
2007-02-04 15:52:16 · answer #5 · answered by bigjim1203 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
alliteration, initial rhyme, beginning rhyme, head rhyme -- (use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran")
Timeless tales told to tiny tots
Tell tales to teach
To tell tales to tots to teach
Terrific tales told true twas terrific triumph
by Lia Carol
the link shows others using the letter T
2007-02-04 15:58:21 · answer #6 · answered by nowment 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lillie licks a lolly. (All the Ls, that's alliteration)
Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers.
2007-02-04 15:52:35 · answer #7 · answered by itry007 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's repeating the same sound (letter) at the start of words in a phrase: the sweetly-scented smell of Summer, for example.
2007-02-04 15:52:33 · answer #8 · answered by Bart S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is the repeating of a single cosonant in the beginning of each word. EX
silly sally sold seashells on the seashore.
2007-02-08 14:33:12 · answer #9 · answered by mariah g 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
three tired tigers
stuff like that
random red rags
blue blogs that blew by
u get the point
2007-02-04 15:56:34 · answer #10 · answered by ænima 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋