Assonance
Now let's turn from alliteration to another sound-device used in poetry: assonance. Assonance is the repetition of the same vowel-sounds DEFINITION: followed by different consonant-sounds. Proverbs sometimes make use of assonance.
For example: A stitch in time saves nine. In poetry, assonance is one of the commonest methods of achieving a musical effect.
The following lines are from The Lotos-Eaters' by Alfred. Lord Tennyson There is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass. Identifying assonance Underline the assonance in the following extracts from poems.
(1) And in the stream the long-leaved flowers weep. And from the craggy ledge the poppy hangs in sleep. Lotos-Eaters' by Alfred. Lord Tennyson] 'The
(2) With fingers weary and worn. With eyelids heavy and red, 'The Song of the Shirt' by Thomas Hood]