ALLITERATION

ASSONANCE
CONSONACE
ALLITERATION is the
repetition of consonant
sounds at the
beginning of the words
ASSONANCE is the
repetition of vowel
sounds within words
CONSONANCE is the
repetition of consonant
sounds within and at
the end of the words
VOWEL SOUNDS

aeiou
CONSONANT
SOUNDS

bcdfghjklmn
pqrstvwxyz
SOUND
DEVICES
doubting, drearing
dreams no mortal enter
dared to dream before.
– Edgar Allan Poe, from The Raven
Along the window sill,
the lipstick stabs
glittered in their steel
shells. – Rita Dove, from Adolescence III
Some late visitor
entreating entrance at
my chamber door.
- Edgar Allan Poe, from The Raven
And all the men and
women merely players;
And one man in his
time plays many parts
Sighing like furnace,
with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress’
eyebrow, Then a
soldier
His youthful hose well
saved, a world too
wide
For his shrunk shank;
and his big manly voice
And shining morning
face, creeping like
snail