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Which one of the following phrases is an example of consonance?

ARiver birch and upland beech
BDrink to me only with thine eyes
CSometime too hot the eye of heaven shines
DFrom rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be

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a. River birch and upland beech

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:

pitter patter
sells seashells
sunny Sunday

ndcasem

Consonanceis the use of words repeating the same consonant sound: Risingthat morning, Ingraham stood fiddlingwith his ring.

so A is correct in this case

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