I am looking for alliterations in chapter 1 of Grendel by John Gardener. Are these alliterations?

1) "the brainless budding trees, these brattling birds",

2) "splintered sunlight where half a second ago she stood"

3) "with winters, peaking in, wide-eyed"

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Solomon Powell

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2 July, 16:25

I am looking for alliterations in chapter 1 of Grendel by John Gardener. Are these alliterations?

1) "the brainless budding trees, these brattling birds",

2) "splintered sunlight where half a second ago she stood"

3) "with winters, peaking in, wide-eyed"

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Omari · Answer 1

yes those are all alliterations

Explanation:

an alliteration is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

I am looking for alliterations in chapter 1 of Grendel by John Gardener. Are these alliterations?1) "the brainless budding trees, these brattling birds",2) "splintered sunlight where half a second ago she stood"3) "with winters, peaking in, wide-eyed"

I am looking for alliterations in chapter 1 of Grendel by John Gardener. Are these alliterations?

1) "the brainless budding trees, these brattling birds",

2) "splintered sunlight where half a second ago she stood"

3) "with winters, peaking in, wide-eyed"