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Assonance. By DJ Bartlett. Definition. similar vowel sounds repeated in successive or proximate words containing different consonants. Uses. Often used in poetry. Used to emphasize particular words or imagery. One of the cornerstones of verse. Examples.
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Assonance By DJ Bartlett
Definition • similar vowel sounds repeated in successive or proximate words containing different consonants.
Uses • Often used in poetry. • Used to emphasize particular words or imagery. • One of the cornerstones of verse.
Examples • the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain — Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven“ • That solitude which suits abstruser musings — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Frost at Midnight"
Sources • http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric6.htm#Assonance • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assonance