Sunday, 1 May 2011

Assonance

Definition: The repitition of vowels of a phrase or line (like rhyme)

Example:
What a world of solemn thought their monody compels!
In the silence of the night,
How we shiver with affright
At the melancholy menace of their tone!
For every sound that floats
From the rust within their throats
Is a groan.

Explanation: This helps catch the readers' attention when it is read aloud. It sounds like music and it's like the author's trying to make the meaning of the words deeper.

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