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Alliteration can also add to the mood of a poem. If a poet repeats soft, melodious sounds, a calm or dignified mood can result. If harsh, hard sounds are repeated, on the other hand, the mood can become tense or excited. In this poem, alliteration of the s, l, and f sounds adds to a hushed, peaceful
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tonewall") cited below in this article. Despite this evidence, some have claimed, seemingly arbitrarily, that, in
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2577:"Alliteration as a Rhythmic Device in Latin Literature: General Clarifications and Proposal for a New Vertical Variant, Alliteration Before or After the Caesura"
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An example is in John F. Kennedy's
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are being deceived. Other sounds can likewise generate positive or negative responses. Alliteration serves to "intensify any attitude being signified".
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acrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to
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2538:"The Relations between Early Celtic and Early Germanic Alliteration"
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Forgotten Ground
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A Most
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3325:"4 things that made JFK's Inaugural Address so effective"
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A collection of Dutch alliterations and related material
3074:"Alliteration - Examples and Definition of Alliteration"
3006:"Formulaic thrift in the Alliterative "Morte D'Arthure""
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2795:"Definition of Alliteration, Bcs.bedfordstmartins.com"
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onewall; just as it guided all those men and women,
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2770:"Alliteration, University of Tennessee Knoxville"
2542:The Germanic Review: Literature, Culture, Theory
2319:roficiscere!" ("The gates are open; depart!") —
2928:, Boston, MA: Springer US, pp. 89–90, 2008
2922:"Compressed Video Spatio-Temporal Segmentation"
2904:, Boston, MA: Springer US, pp. 89–90, 2008
2898:"Compressed Video Spatio-Temporal Segmentation"
2472:As growe grene as þe gres and grener hit semed,
3716:Stoll, E E (May 1940), "Poetic Alliteration",
2961:Alliteration and sound change in Early English
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542:"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"
396:and initial consonant clusters beginning with
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3510:"Intentional Alliteration in Vergil and Ovid"
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3767:Tolkien, J R R; Davis, Norman, eds. (1995),
3487:A Multicultural Dictionary of Literary Terms
3339:"I Have A Dream Speech Analysis Lesson Plan"
3276:"Alliteration - Everything You Need To Know"
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2474:Þen grene aumayl on golde glowande bryȝter.
27:Repetition of consonant sounds in literature
3484:Carey, Gary; Snodgrass, Mary Ellen (1999),
3377:"Rhetorical Figures in Sound: Alliteration"
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3661:Journal of the American Oriental Society
3639:Figurative Poetry In Sanskrit Literature
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3440:The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
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2864:STUF - Language Typology and Universals
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3229:libretto, p. 16, Oliver Ditson Company
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2575:Salvador-Gimeno, Marina (2021-12-31).
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2821:"Vowel Alliteration in Modern Poetry"
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2819:Scott, Fred Newton (December 1915).
2265:, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Address.
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3124:"Alliteration as a Literary Device"
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3837:Examples of alliteration in poetry
3159:"Alliteration as Literary Device"
2963:(Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
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3157:Meliyevna, Zebo Nizomova (2021).
3122:Meliyevna, Zebo Nizomova (2021).
2136:ove, asking His blessing and His
1624:razing." (From the nursery rhyme
540:uestion". A familiar example is
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3251:"Literary Devices: Alliteration"
1807:Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
1536:Alliteration combined with rhyme
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750:All in green went my love riding
3769:Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
3687:Meredith, Joel L (2000-10-25),
3582:The Great War and Modern Memory
3508:Clarke, W M (April–June 1976),
1372:The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
679:Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
223:Literary or poetic alliteration
141:Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
3301:A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms
2957:Hanson, Kristin (2007-06-18).
2554:10.1080/19306962.1942.11786083
2497:Ferber, Michael (2019-09-05).
2160:olor of their skin but by the
1323:tling of each purple curtain"
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3707:Roper, Jonathan, ed. (2011),
3274:Team, N. F. I. (2022-03-04).
4430:Perfect and imperfect rhymes
3534:Peabody Journal of Education
3466:Literary Terms: A Dictionary
2214:annot walk alone; to hear a
951:ings hold all creation in a
835:oundation to rooftree ..."
202:. It is also used in music
123:Alliteration is used in the
3793:, Oxford University Press,
3585:, Oxford University Press,
3443:, Oxford University Press,
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1054:(We Were Talking of Dragons
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3690:Adventures in Alliteration
3610:(2nd ed.), Phillimore
3558:(2nd ed.), New York:
3468:(3rd ed.), New York:
3394:Kurtz, Judy (2024-05-21).
3363:The Rhetorician's Notebook
3004:Johnson, James D. (1978).
2926:Encyclopedia of Multimedia
2902:Encyclopedia of Multimedia
2876:10.1524/stuf.1963.16.14.85
2718:Carey & Snodgrass 1999
2098:"Finally, whether you are
1655:utter, but she said, this
1434:The Lake Isle of Innisfree
947:angs his still eye. / His
444:– ȝ – pronounced like the
112:comes from the Latin word
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3619:(12th ed.), Boston:
3555:The Random House Handbook
3552:Crews, Frederick (1977),
3546:10.1080/01619565909536881
3194:Forgotten Ground Regained
2983:10.1017/s0022226707004690
2581:Studia Metrica et Poetica
2280:orth on this continent a
1663:itter; if I put it in my
1397:Acquainted with the Night
1048:ll the evening, from his
3617:A Handbook to Literature
3615:Harmon, William (2012),
3299:Lanham, Richard (1991).
3145:Tolkien & Davis 1995
2858:Jakobson, Roman (1963).
2594:10.12697/smp.2021.8.2.05
1493:"A pleasing calm; while
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312:un"), John F. Kennedy ("
3750:The Castle of Indolence
3709:Alliteration in Culture
3492:McFarland & Company
3437:Baldick, Chris (2008),
3421:The Greek New Testament
2703:Beckson & Ganz 1989
1927:"Fairyland Fanfare" by
1667:atter, it will make my
1377:Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1138:word unsheathing ..."
1099:ore us out onward with
993:ound retreat barred by
707:apper?" ("Paper I" by
664:reener it seemed/ than
594:in its use of symmetry.
332:"), and Barack Obama ("
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3359:"Obama's Alliteration"
3179:Techniques Writers Use
2971:Journal of Linguistics
2536:Travis, James (1942).
2170:Martin Luther King Jr.
2140:elp, but knowing that
2102:itizens of America or
1302:Lines from other poems
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672:lowing bright against
613:"Give me the splendid
436:with soft (fricative)
218:is sometimes applied:
188:American Sign Language
3844:What is Alliteration?
3785:Wren, Gayden (2006),
3718:Modern Language Notes
3608:Signposts to the Past
3060:TheFreeDictionary.com
2825:Modern Language Notes
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934:Gerard Manley Hopkins
210:Types of alliteration
120:in the 15th century.
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30:Further information:
3711:, Palgrave MacMillan
3381:americanrhetoric.com
2056:Werewolves of London
1878:includes the line: "
1764:eppers, where's the
1699:etter..." (from the
1190:Gilbert and Sullivan
1103:ellying canvas ..."
1020:olkien and I / In a
959:The Hawk in the Rain
850:estnuts fell in the
104:Alliterative Revival
36:Alliteration (Latin)
4206:Rhetorical question
3812:mikado alliteration
3606:Gelling, M (1988),
2622:Classical Philology
2616:Shewan, A. (1925).
2500:Poetry and Language
2292:ll men are created
2062:includes the line "
1872:Mother Nature's Son
1687:utter will make my
1545:ellie and Brent Ber
1482:William Shakespeare
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880:(Another Reluctance
792:addled about ..."
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699:appers. Are you a
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2302:Gettysburg Address
2186:ar that guides us
1844:ilhouetted by the
1814:Mr. Tambourine Man
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691:"Some papers like
684:Bernard O'Donoghue
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3778:978-0-19-811486-4
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3637:Jha, K N (1975),
3630:978-0-205-02401-8
3592:978-0-19-997197-8
3450:978-0-19-920827-2
3310:978-0-520-27368-9
2693:, pp. 30–32.
2510:978-1-108-55415-2
2194:eneca Falls, and
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4422:Cross rhyme
4334:Rhyme royal
4088:Catachresis
4073:Antonomasia
4068:Antiphrasis
4010:Parallelism
3960:Epanalepsis
3923:Aposiopesis
3903:Anadiplosis
3344:Flocabulary
3010:Medium Ævum
2745:Harmon 2012
2655:Langer 1978
2524:Clarke 1976
2428:Anadiplosis
2114:andards of
2082:ast night."
2007:anterns of
1983:ost to the
1971:ane / That
1876:The Beatles
1828:iamond sky
1740:eppers. If
1604:reen field
1480:ody" (from
1439:W. B. Yeats
1285:opper on a
1256:ation of a
1122:ark to the
1091:eeping, so
1079:ore sheep a
997:all of rock
981:orkings, /
929:Pied Beauty
925:lough ..."
884:Annie Finch
819:endrils of
794:(Moralities
592:palindromes
552:parallelism
432:), or hard
149:Poetic Edda
139:poems like
131:poems like
129:Old English
4417:Consonance
4384:Villanelle
4374:Terza rima
4359:Tail rhyme
4319:Quatorzain
4216:Synecdoche
4120:Dysphemism
4093:Ecphonesis
4083:Apostrophe
4025:Spoonerism
4015:Polyptoton
3995:Hyperbaton
3970:Epistrophe
3955:Consonance
3918:Antithesis
3806:26 October
3431:References
3407:2024-09-26
3285:2023-10-24
3260:2014-09-26
3226:The Mikado
3199:2023-11-29
3084:2021-06-29
3016:(2): 255.
2945:Stoll 1940
2932:2023-11-30
2908:2023-11-30
2831:(8): 233.
2805:2013-09-10
2780:2013-09-10
2733:Crews 1977
2691:Coard 1959
2679:Roper 2011
2438:Parachesis
2206:ung and un
2198:elma, and
2118:ength and
2066:ittle old
2035:aces / Of
1999:anguish /
1975:eads you a
1955:onging to
1882:waying dai
1600:eese in a
1553:atch with
1410:ake water
1357:lew / The
1195:The Mikado
1109:Ezra Pound
1058:C.S. Lewis
1040:ilent and
964:Ted Hughes
874:pen their
798:W.H. Auden
788:ond: they
703:iter or a
660:rass, and
628:"They all
532:oad", or "
524:atters", "
516:erfect", "
482:Head rhyme
459:Consonance
340:elma, and
4474:Semirhyme
4460:Pararhyme
4455:Monorhyme
4407:Assonance
4221:Tautology
4147:Apophasis
4125:Euphemism
4108:Hyperbole
4098:Ekphrasis
3990:Hypallage
3980:Hendiadys
3975:Epizeuxis
3965:Epiphrase
3933:Asyndeton
3928:Assonance
3213:Wren 2006
3030:0025-8385
2991:0022-2267
2884:2196-7148
2845:0149-6611
2642:0009-837X
2603:2346-691X
2562:0016-8890
2449:Footnotes
2443:Tautogram
2296:qual". —
2261:ront." —
2257:reedom's
2110:ame high
2023:ustre to
1995:eave the
1959:inger in
1947:ife all a
1910:Rammstein
1818:Bob Dylan
1616:eese and
1585:ountiful
1573:eautiful
1497:road and
1472:ites and
1327:The Raven
1319:ertain ru
1307:"And the
1024:erkshire
1012:"We were
1001:ace ..."
913:ieced --
732:leep the
728:lippered
632:azed and
586:roves of
578:rafts of
500:otential
316:ame high
288:(such as
200:Icelandic
184:Hungarian
180:Mongolian
161:Old Irish
157:Old Saxon
151:, and in
145:Old Norse
108:The word
49:consonant
47:-initial
4499:Category
4478:Syllabic
4435:Holorime
4329:Quintain
4324:Quatrain
4304:Cinquain
4299:Chaubola
4184:Pleonasm
4174:Oxymoron
4169:Metonymy
4164:Metaphor
4137:Innuendo
4113:Adynaton
4078:Aphorism
4063:Allusion
4058:Allegory
4030:Symploce
4005:Isocolon
3938:Chiasmus
3908:Anaphora
3747:(1986),
3526:41533567
3478:88-34368
3401:The Hill
2667:Jha 1975
2422:See also
2249:ace the
2238:rth". —
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2087:Rhetoric
1963:ore / Il
1935:ive the
1929:Falconer
1920:ill für
1893:ing a la
1836:ne hand
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1728:icked a
1659:utter's
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1608:razing.
1549:ard who
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1509:arvests
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1456:inter's
1406:"I hear
1390:ill and
1382:"I have
1365:ollowed
1277:eap and
1114:"Out of
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862:inally,
772:"In the
768:Source:
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648:ondered
556:chiasmus
496:ouse", "
304:plendid
72:icked a
45:syllable
4369:Triolet
4344:Sestain
4309:Couplet
4271:Stanzas
4159:Litotes
4152:Sarcasm
4130:Meiosis
3890:Schemes
3738:2910998
3621:Longman
3514:Latomus
3456:15 July
2870:(1–4).
2406:artha,
2402:artha,
2374:ody" —
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2315:ortae;
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2132:and we
2019:acking
1939:egend,
1776:eppers
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1768:eck of
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1756:eck of
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1732:eck of
1592:"Three
1448:urlish
1426:by the
1273:From a
973:ne who
831:asting
570:lazers
512:icture
508:lay", "
382:scandal
246:anguid
196:Finnish
133:Beowulf
114:littera
80:ickled
76:eck of
4394:Rhymes
4364:Tercet
4354:Sonnet
4349:Sestet
4314:Ghazal
4289:Biolet
4211:Simile
4050:Tropes
4040:Zeugma
4035:Tmesis
3943:Climax
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1795:lyrics
1793:Music
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901:alls;
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716:mood:
617:ilent
604:Poetry
492:umble
466:ing ho
384:, and
352:, and
328:acrifi
308:ilent
296:, and
272:, and
254:ong".)
204:lyrics
198:, and
192:Somali
176:German
168:Arabic
159:, and
53:vowels
4142:Irony
3734:JSTOR
3677:JSTOR
3522:JSTOR
2484:Notes
2398:νᾷς (
2390:άρθα
2386:άρθα
2370:utch
2366:uilt
2329:1.10.
2074:ated
2058:" by
2003:eave
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1444:"And
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1293:lack
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893:resh-
870:r to
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744:leet
566:rown
536:uick
528:ocky
520:oney
504:ower
470:e, ho
424:with
410:blast
406:bring
390:sleep
388:with
380:with
374:stick
372:with
370:sting
362:spill
250:ine a
172:Irish
68:iper
64:eter
3948:Anti
3808:2014
3795:ISBN
3773:ISBN
3755:ISBN
3695:ISBN
3643:ISBN
3625:ISBN
3600:2013
3587:ISBN
3564:ISBN
3496:ISBN
3474:LCCN
3458:2016
3445:ISBN
3305:ISBN
3026:ISSN
2987:ISSN
2880:ISSN
2841:ISSN
2638:ISSN
2599:ISSN
2558:ISSN
2505:ISBN
2465:was:
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1848:ea,
1832:ith
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1242:ong
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1200:"To
1149:"An
1134:un,
1063:"We
969:"As
858:ell
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562:ust
442:yogh
414:burn
412:and
386:sing
378:skin
366:spit
242:azy
232:long
102:and
34:and
4194:Pun
3726:doi
3669:doi
3542:doi
3280:NFI
3018:doi
2979:doi
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2872:doi
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2630:doi
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644:ne
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474:foo
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350:st-
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