alliteration

аллитерация

the repetition of consonants, usually in the beginning of words

... silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain (E.A.Poe)

The furrow followed free. (S.T.Coleridge)

The Italian trio tut-tuted their tongues at me. (T.Capote)

Nothing so exciting, so scandalous, so savouring of the black arts had startled Aberlaw since Trevor Day, the solicitor was suspected of killing his wife with arsenic. (A.Cronin - Citadel)

Source: V.A.K.

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a) a phonetic stylistic device, which aims at imparting a melodic effect to the utterance

b) repetition of similar sounds, in particular consonant sounds, in close succession, particularly at the beginning of successive words

"Gaunt as the ghastliest of glimpses that gleam through the gloom of the gloaming when ghosts go aghast"(poet parodies his own style. (Swinburne ( Nephelidia)

The possessive instinct never stands still. Through florescence and fend, frosts and fires it follows the laws of progression". (J.Galsworthy)

Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, // Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before". (E.A.Poe)

Source: I.R.G.

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1) повтор согласных или гласных звуков в начале близко расположенных ударных слогов

Doom is dark and deeper than any sea dingle. (W.Auden)

2) повтор начальных букв

Apt Alliteration's artful aid. (W.Auden)

See: repetition, phono-graphical level, assonance

Source: I.V.A.