Question

Question 19 (5 points)
Which of the following is an example of consonance?
Obud/sun/run
The r sound in "liquor, power, generate, therein, sire and flower"
O the a sound in "And made agreement that we'd early rise"
the m sound in "And many little birds make melody"

Answer 1

Answer:

The m sound in "And many little birds make melody"

Explanation:

In poetry, consonance refers to a literary device where words in a poem verse share the same consonant sounds, though with different vowels. With this in mind, consonance should not be (B), since the option was referring to a vowel sound and not a consonant.

It's tempting to choose (A), but the sounds do not sound similar to one another because of 'r', but mainly because of the similarities between liquor/sire, and power/flower. Thus, (C) is the best option since we can see and hear that there are repetitions of the 'm' consonants of the words contained in the verse, all of them located in the first letter.