Alliteration Poem?

Question

Can anyone find me a poem with alliteration in it by a famous poet? Please indicate which line contains the alliteration.

Thank You.

Answer 1

There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears a human soul!

- by Emily Dickinson

The alliteration is in the third and fourth lines, '...page of prancing poetry...' (and in the next two lines as well with 'poorest' and 'oppress' both having 'p' sounds as well)

Answer 2

Try this one:

ARS POETICA
Archibald MacLeish

A poem should be palpable and mute
As a globed fruit,

Dumb
As old medallions to the thumb,

Silent as the sleeve-worn stone
Of casement ledges where the moss has grown--

A poem should be wordless
As the flight of birds.

A poem should be motionless in time
As the moon climbs,

Leaving, as the moon releases
Twig by twig the night-entangled trees,

Leaving, as the moon behind the winter leaves
Memory by memory the mind—

A poem should be motionless in time
As the moon climbs.

A poem should be equal to:
Not true.

For all the history of grief
An empty doorway and a maple leaf.

For love
The leaning grasses and two lights above the sea—

A poem should not mean
But be.


"Silent as the sleeve-worn stone", "Twig by twig the night-entangled trees", and "Memory by memory the mind" are all strongly alliterative. This is a rather famous poem by a highly-respected, well-known poet. Good luck!