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Assonance is refrain of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences, and together with alliteration and consonance serves as one of the building blocks of verse. For example, ...
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Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words.
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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds but not consonant sounds as in consonance. ... Example: fleet feet sweep by sleeping geeks. ... Return to Literary Term Page...
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Assonance - Definition of Assonance at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Assonance. Word of the Day and Crossword Puzzles. ... Learn more about assonance with a free trial on Britannica.com...
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Assonance differs from RHYME in that RHYME is a similarity of vowel and consonant. "Lake" and "fake" demonstrate RHYME; "lake" and "fate" assonance. Assonance is a common substitution for END-RHYME in the popular ballad, as in these lines from "The Twa Corbies":
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Definition of assonance from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... Learn more about "assonance" and related topics at Britannica.com...
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Assonance: Figure of repetition in which different words with the same or similar vowel sounds occur successively in words with different consonants; two or more words with similar vowel sounds sandwiched between different consonants.
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define assonance ... find examples of assonance in selected writings ... Assonance in Poetry.
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