Associations to the word «Assonance»

Wiktionary

ASSONANCE, noun. (prosody) The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.

Dictionary definition

ASSONANCE, noun. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words.

Wise words

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
Oliver Wendell Holmes