When Fidessa says, “O but I fear the fickle freakes …./ Of fortune false, and oddes of armes in field”…
Repeated initial f sounds in fear/fickle/freakes/fortune/false make alliteration conspicuous. Allegory concerns the narrative’s broader signification, assonance vowels and…
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When Fidessa says, “O but I fear the fickle freakes …./ Of fortune false, and oddes of
armes in field” (Faerie Queene, Book I, Canto 5), this is a fine example of
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Repeated initial f sounds in fear/fickle/freakes/fortune/false make alliteration conspicuous. Allegory concerns the narrative’s broader signification, assonance vowels and antithesis conceptual contrast.
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