Alliteration

[3] It was also used as an ornament to suggest connections between ideas in classical Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit poetry.

If a poet repeats soft, melodious sounds, a calm or dignified mood can result.

It can also be used as an artistic constraint in oratory to sway the audience to feel some type of urgency,[36] or another emotional effect.

With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on Earth God's work must truly be our own."

For vch mon had meruayle quat hit mene myȝt Þat a haþel and a horse myȝt such a hwe lach, As growe grene as þe gres and grener hit semed, Þen grene aumayl on golde glowande bryȝter.

Gilbert and Sullivan 's comic opera The Mikado contains a well-known example of alliterative lyrics: [ 34 ]
"To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock,
In a pestilential prison, with a lifelong lock,
Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock ,
From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block!" [ 35 ]