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Poetry Literary Terms Alliteration?The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words. Example: "Fetched fresh, as I suppose, off some sweet wood." Hopkins, "In the Valley of the Elwy." Assonance?The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence or a line of poetry or prose, as in "I rose and told him of my woe." Whitman's "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" contains assonantal "I's" in the following lines: "How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick, / Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself." Ballad A narrative poem, telling a simple dramatic story of love, war or adventure, with a brisk rhythm and regular rhyme, e.g. John Keats' "La Belle Dame sans Merci"
