Dissonance Definition

Dissonance in poetry is the deliberate avoidance of assonance, i.e. patterns of repeated vowel sounds.

Dissonance Poem Example

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[n] disagreeable sounds
[n] the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me"
[n] a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

Synonyms

disagreement, dissension, noise, racket

Antonyms

accord, agreement, harmony

See Also...

auditory sensation, cacophony, conflict, discord, discordance, disharmony, disunity, inharmoniousness, sound, sound property, white noise

Related Terms

antagonism, argumentation, atonalism, atonality, cacophony, clashing, clinker, conflict, contention, contradiction, contrariety, contrast, controversy, departure, deviation, difference, disaccord, disaccordance, disagreement, disconformity, discongruity,

Misc. Definitions

\Dis"so*nance\, n. [L. dissonantia: cf. F. dissonance.]
1. A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord. Filled the air with barbarous dissonance. --Milton.
2. Want of agreement; incongruity. --Milton.