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the repetition of consonants at the beginning of words that are next door to each other or close by
examples: "free fells" "skylark scanted" "mans mounting...mean house" "free fells" "drudgery, day labouring lifes ages"

the direct address of someone or something that is not present.
example: "thou still unravished bride of quietness"

the repetition of vowel sounds usually internally rather than initially.
example: "her goodly eyes like saphires shining bright"

deliberate anticlimax to make a definite point or draw attention to falseness.
example: "here thou, great anna! whom three realms obey, dost sometimes counsel take and sometimes tea"

the pause, marked by punctuation (/) or not within the line