What is an alliteration?
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A
allitération
denotes the
repetition of initial consonants
in a sequence of words close
.
This word, which one might believe very French and very old, only dates from the 18th century and comes from the English
alliteration
.
Note, however, that English derived it from the Latin
ad
(to, towards) and
littera
(letter).
Classical authors used this figure of speech long before the term appeared.
"
Who are these snakes hissing over your heads for?"
”, The most famous of them, doesn't it date from 1667, the date of the creation of Andromache?
A doubling of sounds
I have always wondered if Racine in writing it had suspected for a single moment that it would serve as an example for generations of French teachers to bring into the minds of their students that we call alliteration this doubling of sounds. .
But if we all know this verse, how many of us remember who is saying it and why?
So let's refresh our memory: Orestes killed Pyrrhus
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