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" |
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"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” |
