Assonance | Assonance Definition| Assonance Literary Definition | Assonance Examples |Assonance Examples Sentences|Assonance in a Sentence

Assonance | Assonance Definition| Assonance Literary Definition | Assonance Examples |Assonance Examples Sentences|Assonance in a Sentence


Assonance | Assonance Definition| Assonance Literary Definition | Literary Terms or Literary Devices

Repetition of a vowel sound in nearby words (without the recurrence of consonant sounds which would make a rhyme).Love and dove are a case of rhyme as both vowel and consonant sounds are repeated. But there is assonance in make and hate as the vowel"a" is only repeated and the consonants after it-----'ke' and 'te' are different.

Assonance Examples |Assonance Examples Sentences|Assonance in a Sentence |Assonance in Poetry

Then in a waiful choir the small grants mourn
Among the river shallows,borne aloft

Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;
..........Keats:"To Autumn"

In these lines,"o"and "i" are repeated.


•Till morning touching mountain--
And Jacob, waxing strong,
The Angel begged permission
To Breakfast--to return---
..........( Emily Dickinson:"A little East of Jordan"59)

In these lines"a","e","I" and "o" are repeated.

"Studies serve for delight,for ornament,and for ability."

.........(Bacon:"Of Studies")

Here 'i',and 'a' are repeated.Repetition of 'for' is a case of rhyme.Assonance,like alliteration,is used for musical effects.
Archaism