Victoria Hernandez Jessica Mendoza

Period 2

Sometimes its called the initial rhyme It’s the repetition of the initial sound in two

or more words in a phrase or sentence Most commonly used in poetry

[uh-lit-uh-rey-shuh n]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alliteration

A Midsummer Night’s Dream : Act V, Scene 1: line 155-156

“Whereat, with blade, with bloody blameful blade,He bravely broached his boiling bloody breast.”

Dewdrops Dancing Down Daisies by Paul McCann :

Don't delay dawns disarming display . Dusk demands daylight . Dewdrops dwell delicatelydrawing dazzling delight .Dewdrops dilute daisies domain. Distinguished debutantes . Diamonds defray delivereddaylights distilled daisy dance .

King Henry V by William Shakespeare “Where this his lords desire him to

have borne His bruised helmet and his bended

sword..” Thus with imagined wing our swift

scene flies In motion of no less celerit Than that of thought”

In a Midnight Summer’s dream the author uses alliteration to show the importance of the scene. The purpose for the repetition of the constant “B” is to show the reader how dramatic it is to understand what is going on.

In the poem Dewdrops Dancing Down Daisies by Paul McCann the use of alliteration is to make a more interesting poem. The authors purpose is to obtain the a readers attention through the whole poem.

In Henry V, William Shakespeare is trying to show that what is about to happen is an important part f the scene. The purpose is to emphasize the situation he is facing.

"Alliteration." Dictionary.com | Find the Meanings and Definitions of Words at Dictionary.com. Web. 10 Oct. 2010. <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alliteration>.

Dewdrops Dancing Down Daisies." Alliteration Examples. Mary and Paul McCann, July 2004. Web. 8 Oct. 2010. <http://home.vicnet.net.au/~poems/ps/html/alliteration_examples.html>.