Consonance

Consonance is often confused with alliteration, and understandably so. Consonance is similar to alliteration in the fact that it deals with the repetition of consonants. However, the repetition in consonance occurs with the inner consonant sounds, or those at the ends of words, rather than the consonants at the beginning of the words in a phrase.

Examples of Consonance

• He struck some good luck.

• Think tank

• Touch the peach on the beach.

• The big frog was on a log.

The poem “'T was later when the summer went” by Emily Dickson:

‘T was later when the summer went

Than when the cricket came,

And yet we knew that gentle clock

Meant nought but going home.

‘T was sooner when the cricket went

Than when the winter came,

Yet that pathetic pendulum

Keeps esoteric time.

Mammals named Sam are clammy.

Pitter-patter.

Slither slather.

Examples

• The tick and the tock made her sick.

• This cool soul will tell a TALL tale