Assonance
Assonance is the repeated use of the same or similar vowel sounds in nearby words, usually with different consonants around them. Poets use it to create musicality, link words together, or give a line a soft, lingering sound without full rhyme.
Example
low moans over stone
still hill, dim light
bright eyes in the night
Hear the mellow wedding bells. — Edgar Allan Poe
Try to light the fire.
Rumbling thunder
He gave a nod to the officer with the pocket.
Mankind can handle most hassles.
Tilting at windmills
Related Definitions
[n] the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Related Terms
alliteration, blank verse, chime, clink, consonance, crambo, dingdong, double rhyme, drone, eye rhyme, harping, humdrum, jingle, jingle-jangle, monotone, monotony, near rhyme, paronomasia, pitter-patter, pun, repeated sounds, repetitiousness, repetitivene