CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Alliteration: One of the most used poetic devices, Alliteration is a phonetic structure and repeated usage of sound or letter used in the first syllable of a word. It is considered as the oldest poetic tool that is generally used for two or more words in a poem.

Detailed explanation-2: -alliteration, in prosody, the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables. Sometimes the repetition of initial vowel sounds (head rhyme) is also referred to as alliteration. As a poetic device, it is often discussed with assonance and consonance.

Detailed explanation-3: -Assonance: repetition of similar vowel sounds, preceded and followed by different consonants, in the stressed syllables of adjacent words (similar to alliteration).