L’‘allitterazione della solitudine’ in Virgilio

Abstract

The article focusses on a particular type of ‘pathetic alliteration’ in Virgil’s poetry which links the adjective solus with words strictly related in meaning. By means of a detailed stylistic analysis of passages from Aeneid, Eclogues and Georgics the author demonstrates the stylistically motivated use of this kind of alliteration and shows how sound effects are usually combined with other stylistic figures charging the diction with expressiveness.