Look up: assonance

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   Assonance
   repetition of the same sound in words close to each other.
   *Thy kingdom come, thy will be done.
   *O fortunatam natam me consule Romam! Cicero, de consulatu
   Found on http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.
   
   
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   Assonance
   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 as the light wind lives or dies;' displays assonance due to the repeated use of the 'i' vowel sound. This means that these words nearly rhyme with each other.
   Other examples include:
   'Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped' from Strange Meeting by Wilfred Owen
   Or 'Round and round the spicy downs the yellow Lotos-dust blown.' from Tennyson's The Lotos-Eaters.
   Found on http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of
   
   
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   assonance
   [n] - the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Assonance
   the repetition of vowel sounds
   Found on http://www.mantex.co.uk/samples/eng.htm
   
   
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   Assonance
   repetition of vowel sounds: crying time; hop-scotch; great flakes; between trees; the kind knight rides by.
   Found on http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary
   
   
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   Assonance
   As'so·nance noun [ Confer French 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 ...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/134
   
   
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   assonance
   vowel rhyme noun the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
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   Assonance
   `Assonance` is the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences, and together with alliteration and consonance serves 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 more a feature of verse than prose. It is used in (mainly modern) English-language poetry, and is particularly important...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assonance
   
   
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   Assonance
   • (n.) 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. • (n.) Resemblance of sound. • (n.) Incomplete correspondence.Assonance: wor...
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    assonance
    in prosody, repetition of stressed vowel sounds within words with different end consonants, as in the phrase `quite like.` It is unlike rhyme, in ... [4 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/115
    
    
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    assonance
    the rhyming of a word with another in one or more of their accented vowels, but not in their consonants; sometimes called vowel rhyme.
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    assonance
    Repetition of similar sounds (esp. vowels) used for emphasis. Sometimes assonance is near onomatopoeia.
    Found on http://www.menrath-online.de/glossaryeng
    
    
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    assonance
    assonance: see rhyme.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A09104