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Definition of Alliterations
1. alliteration [n] - See also: alliteration
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alliterations
Literary usage of Alliterations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Alliteration in the Chanson de Roland and in the Carmen de Prodicione Guenonis by Alexander Haggerty Krappe (1921)
"R Total number of alliterations 731 I. Alliterations within one verse line 488 A.
Alliterations of two alliterating words 466 B. Alliterations of three ..."
2. Hand-book of Literature and the Fine Arts: Comprising Complete and Accurate by George Ripley, Bayard Taylor (1852)
"... poetry there are abo many beautiful specimens of alliterations ; though it
mu* l be confessed that it is* too often un^l without, the requisite skill ..."