AP Poetry Terms - hudson.eduwww.hudson.edu/custom_users/kellerd/AP/Terms/AP%20Poetry%20Terms.html. alliteration- the repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds, normally at the ... abcd with four feet in lines one and three and three feet in lines two and four. ... of sound are rhyme, alliteration, assonance, consonance, and onomatopoeia. The devices are used for many reasons, including to create a general effect of ...