Which one of the following phrases is an example of consonance?
A. River birch and upland beech
B. Drink to me only with thine eyes
C. Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines
D. From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be
In the abovementioned phrases, "river birch and upland beech" is an example of consonance. Consonance is the repetitive sounds of consonants within a sentence or a phrase. It is a literary device that is commonly used in prose and even in poems. Consonance refers to the direct contrast of assonance since assonance refers to the repetition of the vowels within a phrase or a sentence. Some examples of consonance are the following:
