Inglise keele stilistika
He tut-tutted his tongue.
Punk, punk, punk, her needle broke the taut circle...
Clop, -clop, -clop! Up the street came the delivery wagon.
Alliteration
The repetition of similar or identical consonants at the beginning of neighbouring words or
stressed syllables:
Most musical of mourners, weep again!
This device goes back to Anglo-Saxon poetry that knew no rhyme and did not yet rely on
metre. An example of this period:
In a somer seson, when soft was the sonne, I shope me in shroudes, as I shepe were.
(W.Langland)
The importance of A. Is fully recognized by contemporary poets as well. They use it more
sparingly, yet rather frequently and effectively. The complete alliteration of Anglo-Saxon
poetry is sometimes used for humorous purposes:
Susan Simpson strolled sedately,
Stifling sobs, suppressing sighs. (Anon.)
Alliteration may have its share in producing an ironic effect. Byron, for example, pokes fun at
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