辅音

Consonants are frequently assimilated to neighboring consonants.

辅音往往被其邻近的辅音同化。

Vowels possess greater sonority than consonants.

元音比辅音响亮。

A change that involves the insertion of a consonant or vowel sound to the middle of a word is known as epenthesis.

在一个词的中一个辅音或元音被称为音。

Each line is divided by a caesura into two halves; and there are two stresses in each half, falling on the alliterative consonants or vowels.

每行诗以中停顿个半行，各有个重读词，或为辅音头韵，或为元音头韵。