The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.
The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.
A recurring motif or metaphor, a trope; an interplay of tropes.
The use of a trope (metaphor or figure of speech).
The interpretation of scripture or other work in order to educe moral or figurative meaning; a treatise of such interpretation.