alliteration,+conconnance,+assonance

__Comparing Alliteration, Assonance and Consonance:__ There is an example of all three of these terms in one line of the poem, “The Raven,” written by Edgar Allan Poe: And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain This line clearly contains all three, and can show the difference between assonance, consonance and alliteration. Assonance is the repetition of the ur sound in "purple" and "curtain." Consonance is the repetition of the s sound within "uncertain" and "rustling." Alliteration is the repetition of the s sound at the start of "silked" and "sad." These terms are very closely related, though the distinction between them comes in determining vowels versus consonants, and then placement within the words.


 * Alliteration** - Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words


 * Assonance** - Repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds


 * Consonance** - Repetition of a sequence of two or more consonants but with a vowel intervening