noun
- plural of assonance; instances of resemblance of sound between syllables in nearby words arising from the rhyming of stressed vowels but not consonants
Usage: literary term; poetry
Examples
- The poet used multiple assonances throughout the verse to create a musical effect.
- Students were asked to identify the assonances in the poem’s first stanza.
- The assonances in ‘hear the mellow wedding bells’ create a pleasing sound pattern.
- Her analysis focused on the assonances that linked key words in each line.
- The song’s lyrics contained several assonances that made them memorable.
- Teachers often use examples of assonances to help students understand sound devices in poetry.