The Repetition of Similar Vowel Sounds, Especially in A Line of Poetry

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Definition

Assonance
The repetition of similar vowel
sounds, especially in a line of
poetry.
Assonance
Example
Hear the mellow wedding bells”

The Bells by Edgar Allen Poe

The sound of the e in mellow,


wedding, and bells sounds the same,
making it assonance.
Assonance
Example
I do not like them Sam I am,
I do not like green eggs and
ham. (green eggs and ham, Dr. Seuss)
Assonance
Example
… nothing further then he
uttered not a feather then he
fluttered.

The Raven, Edgar Allen Poe

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