al·lit·er·a·tion
[uh-lit-uh–rey-shuh
n]
–noun
1. the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration), as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable (vocalic alliteration), as in each to all.
2. the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter, as in apt alliteration’s artful aid.
rep·e·ti·tion
[rep-i-tish–uhn]
–noun
1. the act of repeating; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation.
2. repeated utterance; reiteration.
3. something made by or resulting from repeating.
4. a reproduction, copy, or replica.
There’s a great simplicity in objects and shapes repeated. We went for dinner this week to one of my favorite restaurants – Pazzos – and while leaving strolled through the lobby of the Vintage Hotel. I took a moment (while the cab waited :)) to take a few pics of this handy design trick from their lobby. The final picture is from Anthropologie where they’ve repeated chandeliers all finished in white.
As with poetry, there is something pleasing in the overall composition of repeated items. Simple. Effective.
