Education English | Alliteration | Etherton (1973:209) say that “alliteration is the repetition in successive words of the same letter or sound”. The repetition can be in words which are next to each other or in words near each other. ”. Furthermore, Jackson (2007:121) states that alliteration is an important feature that characterizes the styles of old English poetry. Etherton provides some the examples of alliteration, including:
a. Black is the beauty of the brightest day
b. I gave him a short, sharp shock
The letter „b‟, “Black is the beauty of the brightest day” has repetition so it called alliteration. The next example is in the sentence, “I gave him a short, sharp shock”. The word„sh‟ in the sentence is repeated pleasingly so it is alliteration.
a. Black is the beauty of the brightest day
b. I gave him a short, sharp shock
The letter „b‟, “Black is the beauty of the brightest day” has repetition so it called alliteration. The next example is in the sentence, “I gave him a short, sharp shock”. The word„sh‟ in the sentence is repeated pleasingly so it is alliteration.
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