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Noun: alliteration  u,li-tu'rey-shun
  1. 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