Examples of Alliteration Poems

Alliteration Poems

This page provides examples of Alliteration poems. The poems and poetry selected are by famous poets who have used Alliteration as a poetic or literary device to convey, emphasize and create vivid images. Poets use this type of device as an unusual alternative to every day speech to help them express mood and emotion. For additional information about Alliteration please click the following link:

Examples of Alliteration Poems

Our examples of Alliteration poems and poetry have been selected from the work of some of the the most famous American and English poets.

  • Beowulf - an example of Medieval Anglo-Saxon poetry which was written by monks c1100
  • Paradise Lost by John Milton
  • Sir Galahad by Alfred Tennyson
  • The Death of the Hired Man by Robert Frost
  • Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Extracts from poems & poetry illustrating Alliteration
The following extracts are from Alliteration poems and poetry:

  • "Hot-hearted Beowulf was bent upon battle" Beowulf - an example of Medieval Anglo-Saxon poetry which was written by monks c1100
  • "Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness" from Paradise Lost by John Milton
  • "Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields" from Sir Galahad by Alfred Tennyson
  • "Mary sat musing on the lamp-flame at the table" from The Death of the Hired Man by Robert Frost
  • "For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky" from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Examples Help! Use of Examples of Alliteration Poems in Poems & Poetry

The Alliteration poem, poems or poetry convey and emphasize unusual and vivid images. The use of strong word association changes the mode of thought and adds variation, embellishment and adornment to poetic and literary works.

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Examples of Alliteration Poems

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