Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds.
Most tongue twisters are a combination of alliteration and consonance:
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers;
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked; If Peter Piper picked a peck of
pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
This song, Chim Chim Cheree, from Walt Disney's film Mary Poppins also features numerous examples of sound devices: alliteration, assonance, consonance and rhyme.
Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey
Chim chim cher-ee!
A sweep is as lucky, as lucky can be
Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey
Chim chim cher-oo!
Good luck will rub off when I shakes 'ands with you
Or blow me a kiss and that's lucky too
Now, as the ladder of life 'as been strung
You might think a sweep's on the bottommost rung
Though I spends me time in the ashes and smoke
In this 'ole wide world there's no 'appier bloke
Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey
Chim chim cher-ee!
A sweep is as lucky, as lucky can be
Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey
Chim chim cher-oo!
Good luck will rub off when I shakes 'ands with you
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