Noun: alliteration u,li-tu'rey-shun
- Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
"alliteration such as 'around the rock the ragged rascal ran'";
- initial rhyme, beginning rhyme, head rhyme
Derived forms: alliterations
Type of: rhyme, rime [archaic]
Encyclopedia: Alliteration