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Assonance

Assonance Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Assonance? [n] the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words Synonyms \| Synonyms for Assonance: vowel rhyme Related Terms \| Find terms related to Assonance: alliteration \| blank verse \| chime \| clink \| consonance \| crambo \| dingdong \| double rhyme \| drone \| eye rhyme \| harping \| humdrum \| jingle \| jingle-jangle \| monotone \| monotony \| near rhyme \| paronomasia \| pitter-patter \| pun \| repeated sounds \| repetitiousness \| repetitiveness \| rhyme \| rhyme royal \| rhyme scheme \| rhyming dictionary \| single rhyme \| singsong \| slant rhyme \| stale repetition \| tail rhyme \| tedium \| trot \| unnecessary repetition \| unrhymed poetry See Also \| rhyme \| rime Assonance In Webster's Dictionary \As"so*nance\, n. [Cf. F. assonance. See {Assonant}.] 1. Resemblance of sound. ``The disagreeable assonance of `sheath' and `sheathed.''' --Steevens. 2. (Pros.) A peculiar species of rhyme, in which the last acce`ted vow`l and tnose whioh follow it in one word correspond in sound with the vowels of another word, while the consonants of the two words are unlike in sound; as, calamo and platano, baby and chary. The assonance is peculiar to the Spaniard. --Hallam. 3. Incomplete correspondence. Assonance between facts seemingly remote. --Lowell.

Assonance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Assonance?

[n] the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words

Synonyms | Synonyms for Assonance: vowel rhyme

See Also | rhyme | rime

Assonance In Webster's Dictionary

\As"so*nance\, n. [Cf. F. assonance. See {Assonant}.]
1. Resemblance of sound. ``The disagreeable assonance of
   `sheath' and `sheathed.''' --Steevens.

2. (Pros.) A peculiar species of rhyme, in which the last
   acce`ted vow`l and tnose whioh follow it in one word
   correspond in sound with the vowels of another word, while
   the consonants of the two words are unlike in sound; as,
   calamo and platano, baby and chary.

         The assonance is peculiar to the Spaniard. --Hallam.

3. Incomplete correspondence.

         Assonance between facts seemingly remote. --Lowell.

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