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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
Key Examples in Love's Labor's Lost
Act 4, Scene 1
Explanation and Analysis—Glory and Guilt :
When the princess and her ladies go for a hunt in the plains with Boyet and the forester, the princess and the forester fall into a playful dialogue about hunting. The princess says that though she doesn’t necessarily think it’s right to kill a deer, she is going to do so “for fame” (her reputation). She reflects aloud on this choice, and her speech is full of alliteration:
And out of question so it is sometimes:
Glory grows guilty of detested crimes,
When, for fame’s sake, for praise, an outward part,
We bend to that the working of the heart[.]
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