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Definitions of assonance in various dictionaries:
noun - the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Resemblance of sound, especially of the vowel sounds in words, as in: “that dolphin-torn, that gong-tormented sea” (William Butler Yeats).
The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, especially in stressed syllables, with changes in the intervening consonants, as in the phrase tilting at windmills.
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| It's the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, as in "tilting at windmills" |
| From the Latin sonare, "sound", it's the repetition of similar vowel sounds, especially in stressed syllables |
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| resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words, arising particularly from the rhyming of two or more stressed vowels, but not consonants (e.g. isonneti, iporridgei ), but also from the use of identical consonants with different vowels (e.g. ikilledi, icoldi, iculledi ). |
| the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words |
| Resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words, arising particularly from the rhyming of two or more stressed vowels, but not consonants (e.g. sonnet, porridge), but also from the use of identical consonants with different vowels (e.g. killed, cold, culled) |
| the similarity in sound between two syllables that are close together, created by the same vowels but different consonants (e.g. "back" and "hat"), or by the same consonants and different vowels (e.g. "hit" and "hat") |
| the use of similar sounds, esp. vowels, in two or more words, as in "mellow wedding bells" |
| Resemblance of sound, especially of the vowel sounds in words, as in: "that dolphin-torn, that gong-tormented sea ( William Butler Yeats). |
| The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, especially in stressed syllables, with changes in the intervening consonants, as in the phrase tilting at windmills. |
| Rough similarity approximate agreement. |
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| Assonance is a resemblance in the sounds of words or syllables either between their vowels (e.g., meat, bean) or between their consonants (e.g., keep, cape). However, assonance between consonants is generally called consonance in American usage. The two types are often combined, as between the words six and switch, in which the vowels are identical, and the consonants are similar but not completely identical. If there is repetition of the same vowel or some similar vowels in literary work, especially in stressed syllables, this may be termed vowel harmony.A special case of assonance is rhyme, in which the endings of words (generally beginning with the vowel sound of the last stressed syllable) differ in their initial consonant, while the rest of the word is identicalas in six and mix or history and mystery. Vocalic assonance is an important element in verse. Assonance occurs more often in verse than in prose; it is used in English-language poetry and is particularly important in Old Fr |