Poetic Sound Patterns

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adjective relating to or characterized by assonance, the repetition of the sound of a vowel in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible

  • The poet used assonant sounds to create a harmonious effect in the poem.
  • I noticed how the words in the song were assonant and flowed smoothly together.
  • The rapper's lyrics were so assonant, it was like music to my ears.
  • The assonant colors of the sunset painted a beautiful scene in the sky.