Assonance

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 * Assonance**

__Definition__: (noun) Repitition of vowel sound in stressed syllables containing dissimilar consonant sounds.

__Example__: //"Ah, but man's reach should exceed his grasp."// [[|Listen to audio]]

In //[|To Autumn]// by [|John Keats] the line: 'Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;' displays assonance due to the repeated use of the 'i' vowel sound. This means that these words nearly rhyme with each other.

//Definition and example source:// Kinsella, Kate, et. al. __Prentice Hall Literature:The British Tradition__. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002.