Associations to the word «Assonance»

Wiktionary

ASSONANCE, noun. (prosody) The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.

Dictionary definition

ASSONANCE, noun. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.