CONSONANCE

Consonance

The repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession

Examples of consonance in Edgar Allen Poe's //The Sleeper://

"At midnight, in the month of June, I stand beneath the ** m **ystic ** m **oon. An opiate vapor, ** d **ewy, ** d **im, Exhales from out her golden rim, And, softly ** d **ripping, ** d **rop by ** d **rop, Upon the quiet mountain top, Steals drowsily and musically Into the uni** v **ersal ** v **alley."

Another example of consonance is: "pitter patter," like the sound of rain: