Alliteration in Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

Alliteration Examples in Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard:

Text of the Poem

"solemn stillness..." See in text (Text of the Poem)

This is an example of alliteration, a common literary and poetic technique that repeats initial sounds, usually consonants, for an effect. In this case, the repetition of the s sounds imitates the calm and quiet atmosphere Gray describes.

Stephen Holliday

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