List of 33 Examples of Alliteration in the 'I Have a Dream' Speech
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Martin Luther King, Jr. was a master of rhetoric, employing a sophisticated variety of techniques, including alliteration. Take a look at this list of the alliterations in his celebrated "I Have a Dream" speech.
"as we walk, we must" |
"black boys and black girls" |
"But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt." |
"color are concerned" |
"come to cash” |
"content of their character" |
"curvaceous slopes of California" |
"dark and desolate" |
"dignity and discipline" |
"dream deeply rooted in the American dream" |
"for freedom" |
"in whose symbolic shadow we stand today” |
"land of liberty" |
"life, liberty" |
"lives on a lonely island" |
"marvelous new militancy" |
"mighty mountains" |
"molehill of Mississippi" |
"Negro in New York" |
"pilgrim’s pride" |
"seek to satisfy" |
"signs stating" |
"sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together"
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"state sweltering" |
"still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation" |
"stripped of their selfhood" |
"sweltering summer" |
"today and tomorrow" |
"trials and tribulations" |
"we’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check" |
"With this faith we will be able to work together" |
"work with" |
“Negro needed” |