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Asked Hopkinss use of seared bleared and said it was the same as Hopkins's use of seared bleared and smeared is an example of 2 Jan 2009 04:05 Current answer: The use of seared, bleared, and smeared is an example of Assonance.
The earliest known use of the word, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, was as part of a placename of a London street, Gropecunt Lane, c. 1230. Use of the word as a term of abuse is relatively recent, dating from the late nineteenth century. The word appears to have not been strongly taboo in the Middle Ages, but became taboo towards the end of the eighteenth century, and was then not generally admissible in print until the latter part of the twentieth century.