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Definition of Alliteration
Alliteration is a figure of speech in which the same sound repeats in a group of words, such as the “b” sound in: “Bob brought the box of bricks to... read full definition
Alliteration is a figure of speech in which the same sound repeats in a group of words, such as the “b” sound in: “Bob brought... read full definition
Alliteration is a figure of speech in which the same sound repeats in a group of words, such as the... read full definition
Act 1, Scene 2
Explanation and Analysis—The Whetstone of Wits:
In Act 1, Scene 2, Celia and Rosalind engage in a playful back-and-forth about Nature and wit. The dialogue is full of alliteration:
Rosalind: Indeed, there is Fortune too hard for Nature,
When Fortune makes Nature’s natural the
cutter-off of Nature’s wit.Celia: Peradventure this is not Fortune’s work neither,
But Nature’s, who perceiveth our natural wits too
Dull to reason of such goddesses, and hath sent
This natural for our whetstone, for always the dullness
Of the fool is the whetstone of the wits.
How now, wit, wither wander you?
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