Alliteration is a sequence of repeated initial sounds usually before stressed syllables.
Examples:
- Full fathom five thy father lies
[The Tempest by Shakespeare]
- When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush;
[Spring by G.M.Hopkin]
- He claps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands.
[The Eagle by Alfred Tennyson]