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…
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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.