Assonance

Definition: Assonance is The use of similar vowel sounds repeated in successive or proximate words containing different consonants.

Assonance is repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences. When Assonance is paired with alliteration and consonance it tends to serve as one of the building blocks of verse. For example, in the phrase "Do you like blue?", the "oo" (ou/ue) sound is repeated within the sentence and is assonant. Assonance is commonly used in (mainly modern) English-language poetry, and it tends to come into play a lot in Old French, Spanish and Celtic languages.

Examples from outside source

"Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Rage, rage, against the dying of the light."

(Dylan Thomas, "Do not go gentle into that good night")

My Examples

Example 1- Sitting in my chair making assonance work/ Bar after bar I continue to lurk/ For the punch line that will make the mind hurt/ While it struggles to find the meaning in time/  Something that is so intellectual that it not only rhymes/ But defines/ the meaning of the word line after line/ The prime/ example has been shown above/ So perfectly it resembles the figure of a dove/ Now the point is a apparently across/ So this is considered a win not a loss!/

Example 2- Don’t really know what to create/ I think in a prehistoric state/ I dig deep for meaning like archaeologists in Australia Mate/ I win in debates/ hands down/ I have a sound/ state mind frowned/ upon by brainless who are aimless/ with their words/ and are just very absurd/

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Nordquist, Richard. "assonance." grammer and composition. 2008. about.com. 2 Nov 2008 .