D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Alliteration

/əl-ĭt'-ẽr-āshˌ-ən/ · Al·lit·er·a·tion · IPA /əˌlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/
01 n. The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the…
  1. 1.
    The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: -
    “Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness.” Milton.
    “Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields.” Tennyson.
    “In a somer seson whan soft was the sonne, I shope me in shroudes as I a shepe were.” — P. Plowman.