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单词 assonance
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Definition of assonance in English:

assonance

noun ˈas(ə)nənsˈæsənəns
mass noun
  • Resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words, arising particularly from the rhyming of two or more stressed vowels, but not consonants (e.g. sonnet, porridge), but also from the use of identical consonants with different vowels (e.g. killed, cold, culled)

    the use of assonance throughout the poem creates the sound of despair
    count noun alliterative assonances such as ‘fail’ and ‘fall’ are very common in Old English poetry
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She is masterful in her ability to capture and juxtapose the audible qualities of language alongside the literary tools of assonance and alliteration.
    • This is not to say that most poets do not utilize such tools as metaphor, simile, assonance, and other poetic techniques.
    • In all of these cases, the deft repetitions and modulations of consonants and vowels with their subtle assonance and consonance compete for attention with the lines' actual content.
    • Here, the assonance rhyme between the two principal terms sets the stage for a compelling comparison made on a genuinely imaginative and rather unexpected basis.
    • The phrase's blend of alliteration (l's, d's and soft t's) and assonance (short i's and long a's) shows a lyricist at the top of his game.
    • The couplets are linked by the repetition of their first lines and the assonance occurring in ‘flag’ and ‘map.’
    • Lincoln fell in love with metaphors and cadences, assonance and alliteration.
    • He used most of the classic verse forms, but his distinctive contribution was his deployment of assonance, internal rhymes, and half-rhymes.
    • Even when they employ new or traditional auditory forms, they often tone down the musical effects by deliberately flattening the rhythms, avoiding end-stopped lines, and eliminating noticeable alliteration or assonance.
    • There's even some assonance in those words that make them all the more compatible.
    • They must have an obvious, and indeed a kind of danceable, rhythm, and they will normally make use of assonance and alliteration.
    • The freedom of art, of the poet to act or speak, is controlled by the surface beauty of specific juxtapositions and diversions created by the melody or assonance of language.
    • She thinks constantly in metaphors, in assonance, in pretty words that don't mean anything, in ugly words that mean everything.
    • Just look at (and, preferably, listen to) his use of assonance - repeated vowel sounds throughout a section.
    • Walsh's metrical translations mirrored the assonance of the originals.
    • First, it has the qualities of rhythm, alliteration, and assonance verging on rhyme that we might expect of a memorable turn of phrase.
    • The journey here is as much in the rhythmic ricochet of assonance, produced by colliding syntax, as it is in the actual varying terrain the words themselves represent.
    • Most rap still follows the initial formula of rhymed couplets that casually mix full rhyme with assonance.

Derivatives

  • assonant

  • adjective ˈasənəntˈæs(ə)nənt
    • The beauty of this one is that it’s a little rhyming verse – or at least nicely assonant.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • By definition, it is a poem with an unlimited number of octosyllabic verses and assonant rhyme in even-numbered verses.
  • assonate

  • verb ˈas(ə)neɪtˈæsəˌneɪt
    [no object]
    • (of a word or line) have a sound, especially a vowel sound, that corresponds to another.

      the device recurs in stanza III, using fail to assonate with rain
      Example sentencesExamples
      • all the lines rhyme or assonate
      • the assonating phrase sweet sleep
      • The amhrán or song metres have a richly assonated stanzaic form, and are also accentual.
      • ‘What I expected’ is an adroit compromise between the impulses to form and to freedom: ‘twist’ fails to rhyme convincingly with ‘pass,’ but in that failure assonates and alliterates with ‘questions.’

Origin

Early 18th century: from French, from Latin assonare 'respond to', from ad- 'to' + sonare (from sonus 'sound').

 
 

Definition of assonance in US English:

assonance

nounˈæsənənsˈasənəns
  • In poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible (e.g., penitence, reticence)

    the use of assonance throughout the poem creates the sound of despair
    Compare with alliteration
    count noun alliterative assonances such as “fail” and “fall” are very common in Old English poetry
    Example sentencesExamples
    • First, it has the qualities of rhythm, alliteration, and assonance verging on rhyme that we might expect of a memorable turn of phrase.
    • Walsh's metrical translations mirrored the assonance of the originals.
    • This is not to say that most poets do not utilize such tools as metaphor, simile, assonance, and other poetic techniques.
    • She is masterful in her ability to capture and juxtapose the audible qualities of language alongside the literary tools of assonance and alliteration.
    • Even when they employ new or traditional auditory forms, they often tone down the musical effects by deliberately flattening the rhythms, avoiding end-stopped lines, and eliminating noticeable alliteration or assonance.
    • Most rap still follows the initial formula of rhymed couplets that casually mix full rhyme with assonance.
    • They must have an obvious, and indeed a kind of danceable, rhythm, and they will normally make use of assonance and alliteration.
    • The phrase's blend of alliteration (l's, d's and soft t's) and assonance (short i's and long a's) shows a lyricist at the top of his game.
    • Just look at (and, preferably, listen to) his use of assonance - repeated vowel sounds throughout a section.
    • There's even some assonance in those words that make them all the more compatible.
    • Lincoln fell in love with metaphors and cadences, assonance and alliteration.
    • She thinks constantly in metaphors, in assonance, in pretty words that don't mean anything, in ugly words that mean everything.
    • The freedom of art, of the poet to act or speak, is controlled by the surface beauty of specific juxtapositions and diversions created by the melody or assonance of language.
    • He used most of the classic verse forms, but his distinctive contribution was his deployment of assonance, internal rhymes, and half-rhymes.
    • In all of these cases, the deft repetitions and modulations of consonants and vowels with their subtle assonance and consonance compete for attention with the lines' actual content.
    • Here, the assonance rhyme between the two principal terms sets the stage for a compelling comparison made on a genuinely imaginative and rather unexpected basis.
    • The journey here is as much in the rhythmic ricochet of assonance, produced by colliding syntax, as it is in the actual varying terrain the words themselves represent.
    • The couplets are linked by the repetition of their first lines and the assonance occurring in ‘flag’ and ‘map.’

Origin

Early 18th century: from French, from Latin assonare ‘respond to’, from ad- ‘to’ + sonare (from sonus ‘sound’).

 
 
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