单词 | transverse alliteration |
释义 | > as lemmastransverse alliteration transverse alliteration n. in the early verse of some Germanic languages, alliteration of the patterns abab or baab (the usage of scholars varies somewhat). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > alliteration > [noun] > alliteration in pattern ABAB or BAAB transverse alliteration1900 1900 O. F. Emerson in Jrnl. Germanic Philol. 3 127 (heading) Transverse alliteration in Teutonic poetry. 1920 R. J. Menner Purity p. lvi Transverse alliteration—abab—appears in 515 For I se wel þat hit is sothe þat alle mannez wyttez. 1942 J. C. Pope Rhythm of Beowulf 154 Transverse alliteration occurs once with the whole-line pattern bx/ax/ax/bx. 1949 P. F. Baum in Mod. Philol. XLVI. 146 The most interesting of these minor variations is the crossed or transverse alliteration ab ab. < as lemmas |
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