TNPSC English Study Material- Figure of Speech "Alliteration"

Figure of Speech

Alliteration :

Alliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant sound in several words in the line.

Example- So we must lough and drink from the deep blue of the sky

     Join the Jubilant song of the great stars sweeping by

    And the grave is not its goal

    For the soul is dead that slumbers

    Be not like dumb, driven cattle!

    So let us, Unobtrusive and unnoticed

If you check in above sentence, the highlighted letters are repeated in a line . so it is called Alliteration.