Assonance

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within a short passage of verse or prose.

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Assonance is more a feature of verse than prose. It is used in (mainly modern) English-language poetry, and is particularly important in Old French, Spanish and Celtic languages.

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Willy Russell's eponymous student Rita described it as "getting the rhyme wrong".

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• Try to light the fire.
• He gave a nod to the officer with the pocket.
• fleet feet sweep by sleeping Greeks.
• Hayden plays a lot.

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