(n) use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse, Syn.initial rhyme, head rhyme, beginning rhyme, Example: around the rock the ragged rascal ran
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. [ L. ad + litera letter. See Letter. ] The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: - [ 1913 Webster ]
Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words is also called alliteration. Anglo-Saxon poetry is characterized by alliterative meter of this sort. Later poets also employed it. [ 1913 Webster ]
In a somer seson whan soft was the sonne, I shope me in shroudes as I a shepe were. P. Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]
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