ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Alliteration is the principal ornamental feature of Old English poetry. Two stressed syllables alliterate when they begin with the same sound.

Detailed explanation-2: -Alliteration is the principal binding agent of Old English poetry. Two syllables alliterate when they begin with the same sound; all vowels alliterate together, but the consonant clusters st-, sp-and sc-are treated as separate sounds (so st-does not alliterate with s-or sp-).

Detailed explanation-3: -The sequencing of words with repeated syllables provides both structure and rhythm. Alliteration in poetry has both a visual and an aural function. The repeated sounds allow the syllable to amplify as each word is pronounced. This is used to emphasize the beauty of the language being used.

Detailed explanation-4: -Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words in succession whose purpose is to provide an audible pulse that gives a piece of writing a lulling, lyrical, and/or emotive effect. This paragraph is an example of alliteration.

Detailed explanation-5: -Chaucer’s relationship with Middle English alliterative poetry was one of rejection. As far as we know, he chose not to write alliterative verse and instead dedicated himself to the other two major, newer English metrical traditions: (iambic) tetrameter and pentameter.