'alliteration' definitions:
Definition of 'alliteration'
(from WordNet)
noun
Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran" [syn: alliteration, initial rhyme, beginning rhyme, head rhyme]
Synonyms of 'alliteration'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- assonance,
- blank verse,
- chime,
- clink,
- consonance,
- crambo,
- dingdong,
- double rhyme,
- drone,
- eye rhyme,
- harping,
- humdrum,
- jingle,
- jingle-jangle,
- monotone,
- monotony,
- near rhyme,
- paronomasia,
- pitter-patter,
- pun,
- repeated sounds,
- repetitiousness,
- repetitiveness,
- rhyme,
- rhyme royal,
- rhyme scheme,
- rhyming dictionary,
- single rhyme,
- singsong,
- slant rhyme,
- stale repetition,
- tail rhyme,
- tedium,
- trot,
- unnecessary repetition,
- unrhymed poetry