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".

• Hear the mellow wedding bells. — Edgar Allan Poe
• Try to light the fire.
• Rumbling thunder
• He gave a nod to the officer with the pocket.
• Mankind can handle most hassles.
• Lock and Load <--> Rock and Roll
• "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

• KEE
• consonance
• alliteration
• rhymingcs:Asonanknob headce

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