alliteration
Word family verballiterateadjectivealliterativenounalliterationadverballiteratively
al·lit·er·a·tion /əˌlɪtəˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountableU] ALthe use of several words together that begin with the same sound or letter in order to make a special effect, especially in poetry 头韵(法)〔连续使用开头读音或字母相同的单词,以制造特别效果,尤用于诗歌〕► see thesaurus at language alliteration• As the Joyce example shows, this foregrounding is not limited to the more obvious poetic devices, such as metaphor and alliteration.• For alliteration it ought to be Pablo or Picauo.• The parallelisms are reinforced by frequent alliteration, indicated by italics.• Are there any phonological patterns of rhyme, alliteration, assonance, etc?• And children love poetic rhythms, alliteration, nonsense mutations.• So Chelsea had more reason than alliteration to fear a third successive failure to reach the third round.• The bombast, the alliteration, the pseudo-erudition that some people back then would take for the real thing. Origin alliteration (1600-1700) Latin litera “letter”