Alliterative Revival

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Alliterative Revival: see alliteration alliteration , the repetition of the same starting sound in several words of a sentence. Probably the most powerful rhythmic and thematic uses of alliteration are contained in Beowulf, written in Anglo-Saxon and one of the earliest English poems extant.
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No references found			In short, this poet adhered to what is now known as the Alliterative Revival of the fourteenth century, the attempt to use the old native metre and style long rusticated for high and serious writing; and he paid the penalty for its failure, for alliterative verse was not in the event revived" (Gawain 3). The theory and practice of alliterative verse in the work of J.R.R. ... by Hall, Mark F. / Mythlore			Allied Powers Allier Allies, the 1. alligator alligator clip alligator effect alligator hide alligator pear alligator pear oil Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge alligator shears alligator squeezer alligator wrench Alligatorinae alligatoring Alliluev, Sergei Alliluev, Sergei Iakovlevich Alliluyeva, Svetlana Allingham Allingham, Margery Allingham, William Allis State Park Allison, William B. Allison, William Boyd alliteration Alliterative Revival Allium allivalite Allmende Allmers, Mrs. allo- Alloa alloantibody alloantigen allobar Allobroges allocate allocation allocation of resources allocheiria allochem allochemical metamorphism allochetite allochoric allochromatic crystal allochromy Allochthon allochthonous allochthonous coal allochthonous stream allodynia			Allis' sign Allis's sign Allis-Chalmers Critical Experimental Facility Allision Allision Allison Data Corporation Allison Krauss and Union Station Allison Legacy North Race Series Allison Payment Systems Allison Research Index of Art and Design Allison Road Classroom Allison, William B. Allison, William Boyd Allistair Allistair Alliteral alliterate alliterate alliterated alliterates alliterating alliteration alliteration Alliterations Alliterations alliterative alliterative Alliterative Prose Alliterative Prose Alliterative Revival Alliterative title Alliterative title alliteratively alliterativeness alliterator Allium Allium Allium Allium acuminatum Allium ampeloprasum Allium ascalonicum Allium ascalonicum Allium canadense Allium carinatum Allium cepa Allium cepa Allium cepa Allium cepa aggregatum Allium cepa viviparum Allium cernuum Allium fistulosum Allium haematochiton Allium kurrat Allium neopolitanum Allium oleraceum Allium oschaninii Allium oschaninii Allium paradoxum Allium porrum Allium porrum

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