The repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants; sometimes called vowel rhyme. See Amy Lowell’s “In a Garden” (“With its leaping, and deep, cool murmur”) or “The Taxi” (“And shout into the [..]

1727, "resemblance of sounds between words," from French assonance, from assonant, from Latin assonantem (nominative assonans), present participle of assonare "to resound, respond to,&q [..]

Repeating identical or similar vowels (especially in stressed syllables) in nearby words. Assonance in final vowels of lines can often lead to half-rhyme. Deutsche notes that assonance is a common tec [..]

Assonance is the repetition of indentical or similar  vowel sounds close together to creat an effect similar to rhyming inside a line of poetry or in prose. The bows glided down, and the coast Blacken [..]

The repeated use of internal vowel sounds to create an auditory effect, particularly in poetry.

n. Resemblance or correspondence in sound.

The repetition of vowel sounds within a short passage of verse or prose is called assonance. When the repeated sounds are consonants, use either consonance or the more familiar term alliteration.

The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence or a line of poetry or prose, as in "I rose and told him of my woe." Whitman's "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" contains assonantal "I's" in the following lines: "How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick, / Till rising and gliding out I [..]

the repetition of vowel sounds in a sequence of words with different endings—for example, "The death of the poet was kept from his poems" in W. H. Auden’s "In Memory of W. B [..]

In poetry: a repetition of similar vowel sounds in words of close proximity, particularly in stressed syllables. A form of imperfect rhyme, where the vowels rhyme but not the consonants. e.g. know - h [..]

The word is usually used to describe the repetition of vowel sounds in nieghbouring syllables (compare Alliteration. The consonants can differ: so 'deep sea' is an example of assonance, wher [..]

The rhyme-pattern produced inside the poetic line by repeating similar vowels, or clusters of consonants and vowels.

– ASS-OH-NONCE (L: assonare – to answer with the same sound) An aural device in which one word echoes another. Sometimes used in substitution for rhyme even in modern times. Assonance is close to, but [..]

The repetition of vowel sounds, as in “rapid rattle” (Wilfred Owen).

agreement of vowel sounds. "weak and weary"

 – use of vowel sounds for rhyming

 the repetition of similar vowel sounds Example

the repetition of similar vowel sounds e.g. ‘There must be Gods thrown down and trumpets blown’ (From ‘Hyperion’ by John Keats), showing the paired assonance of ‘must’ and ‘trum...’ and ‘thrown’ and ‘blown’

The use of similar vowel sounds repeated in successive or proximate words containing different consonants: A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. --Matthew 5:14b (KJV)

Resemblance of sounds. Also called vowel rhyme - rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables of the rhyming words, as in penitent and reticence.

The repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words. Example: “The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain” from Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.

repeated vowel sounds in subsequent words, for example, in poetry.

The effect created when words with the same vowel sound are used in close proximity - but where the consonants in these words are different. In To Autumn by John Keats the line: 'Or sinking a [..]

(n) the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words

repetition of the same sound in multiple words placed close to each other, often adjacent. See also: alliteration, consonance, parechesis.

using words that have the same or very similar vowel sounds near one another (as in "summer fun" and "rise high in the bright sky"); vowels are repeated but consonants are not; pop [..]

(prosody) The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry. sense=prosody|examples=Lifting its big glinting wing, it hit.
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Assonance is a kind of internal rhyme that makes use of repeated vowel sounds. The vowel sounds are woven together to create a cool sonic effect. It's a trick of the trade that poets use to creat [..]