02-25-2012, 01:26 PM
First you say: "I cannot see in what way alliteration is a rhyme."
Then you say: "This suggests to me, that the essence of rhyme, is sounding the same."
Guess what: The essence of alliteration is sounding the same.

Not that I'm making any sort of argument here, as alliteration is universally defined as a
type of rhyme; I'm just pointing out a contradiction in your statements.
P.S. Unlike alliteration, tomatoes really are classified two different ways. When classified by
cultural usage, they are vegetables; and when classified botanically (like squash, eggplants etc.),
they are fruits because they stem (pun intended) from the flower of a plant and contain seeds.
It commonly works the other way as well: "But when the potato, that vital fruit of Ireland, failed..."
a brightly colored fungus that grows in bark inclusions

