ASSONANCE

Assonance

The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence or a line of poetry or prose

Example: "I rose and told him of my woe."

Whitman's "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" contains assonantal "I's" in the following lines: "How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,/ Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself."

Dr. Seuss provides many examples of assonance in his poem "West Beast East Beast:"



”West Beast East Beast” by Dr. Seuss
> Upon an island hard to reach, > The East Beast sits upon his beach. > Upon the west beach sits the West Beast. > Each beach beast thinks he's the best beast. > Which beast is best?...Well, I thought at first, > That the East was best and the West was worst. > Then I looked again from the west to the east > And I liked the beast on the east beach least.