Alliteration and Assonance

ALLITERATION
repetition of first consonant sound in a series of words

or learn to stay still like statues giving no clues  

maybe you used to bring bruises and broken teeth

I fled, forgetting my phone was in the family room.

life cycle is sort of the same

ASSONANCE
repetition of internal (inside) vowel sounds in a series of words.

and the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain

The fat cat smacked the rattle

Under the sun

The boat floated slowly over the ocean.

It pounded on the mountain

Joy did eat three pieces of cheesecake.

With a basketball and land a slam dunk

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