Assonance:When a single vowel sound is used twice or more in close proximity, the effect is similar to a rhyme (caught walking). Assonance is a type of alliteration. Consonance:When one consonant sound is used twice or more in close proximity, it renders an effect similar to a rhyme (blu...
This is what happens in both Shakespeare’s and Webb’s poems, as will be shown in the sections below. It is important to highlight the role of sounds in poetry, which is paramount for the creation of poetic and rhetoric devices. Rhyme, alliterations, assonances and consonances may ...