Assonance
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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within a short passage of verse or prose.
Assonance is more a feature of verse than prose. It is used in (mainly modern) English-language poetry, and is particularly important in Old French, Spanish and Celtic languages.
Willy Russell's eponymous student Rita described it as "getting the rhyme wrong".
Examples
- Hear the mellow wedding bells. — Edgar Allen Poe
- Try to light the fire.
- He gave a nod to the officer with the pocket.
- Mankind can handle most problems.
- "When I get shocked at the hospital by the doctor when I'm not cooperating when I'm rocking the table while he's operating.” — Eminem
See also
- consonance
- alliteration
- rhyming
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