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

• Try to light the fire.
• He gave a nod to the officer with the pocket.
• "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
• Hear the mellow wedding bells. — Edgar Allan Poe
• Mankind can handle most problems.

See also

• consonance
• alliteration
• rhymeTemplate:Poetry-stub

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