Assonance

Definition:

  • (n.) Resemblance of sound.
  • (n.) A peculiar species of rhyme, in which the last acce`ted vow`l and tnose whioh follow it in one word correspond in sound with the vowels of another word, while the consonants of the two words are unlike in sound; as, calamo and platano, baby and chary.
  • (n.) Incomplete correspondence.

Compare assonance with other words:

assonance vs. rhyme

assonance vs. coo

assonance vs. assonant

assonance vs. dissonance

assonance vs. poetry

assonance vs. literature

assonance vs. consonant

assonance vs. vowel

assonance vs. repetition

assonance vs. consonance

assonance vs. pop

alliteration vs. assonance