ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Consonance is the repetition of the same consonant or consonant pattern two or more times in short succession.

Detailed explanation-2: -alliteration, in prosody, the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables. Sometimes the repetition of initial vowel sounds (head rhyme) is also referred to as alliteration.

Detailed explanation-3: -Both terms are associated with repetition-assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds and consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds-but these terms (as they are typically used) differ in 3 important ways from the patterning of rhyme.

Detailed explanation-4: -Consonance Examples: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. She sells seashells by the seashore.

Detailed explanation-5: -A resemblance in sound between two words, or an initial rhyme (see also Alliteration). Consonance can also refer to shared consonants, whether in sequence (“bed” and “bad”) or reversed (“bud” and “dab”).