Alliteration

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Also called “initial rhyme”, alliteration is a rhyme-pattern produced inside the poetic line by repeating sounds at the beginning of words. For example, “With old woes new wail my dear time's waste” Shakespeare, Sonnet 30.

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Editors. "Alliteration". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2001
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