Alliterative and Rhythmic Phrases



Alliterative and Rhythmic Phrases Index


The Medieval English verses are full of alliterations and alliterative and rhythmic phrases. The tradition of composing alliterative verses was, however, discontinued in the modern English period. Among the modern poets A.C. Swinburne was the greatest composer of alliterative lines.

The English language abounds in alliterative and rhythmic phrases. Few of the alliterative and rhythmic phrases have been compiled here for your reference. The following alliterative and rhythmic phrases have been selected from a Dictionary.


  1. Sacred and sanctified place


  2. To be safe and secure


  3. Safety and security


  4. Say something simple


  5. Seductive and insinuating music


  6. Sense of relief and satisfaction


  7. Sense of something strange


  8. Sense of stability and security


  9. To be serious and sincere


  10. Serious, sincere, systematic service surely secures supreme success - Ruskin


  11. Service and a selfish beast


  12. Sharp and sudden answer


  13. Shatteringly startling


  14. Sheltered and secure life


  15. Shocking and dreadful sight


  16. The shortest and surest way


  17. A simple and self-evident statement


  18. Simple and sincere tribute


  19. Sincerity and straightforwardness


  20. Slow and sure


  21. Softly speak and sweetly smile


  22. Something of that sort


  23. Sorrows and sufferings


  24. The sound must seem an echo to the sense - Pope


  25. To stand all the stress and strain


  26. The still small voice of the slumbering soul - M V Seetaraman


  27. Straightforward statement of fact


  28. Strength and stamina


  29. The striving and suffering scholar's life


  30. A strong and sound society


  31. Sturdy and sullen sunshine


  32. Symbol of strength and stability


  33. Systematic and satisfying explanation

Alliterative and Rhythmic Phrases Index



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