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    The Repetition of Similar Vowel Sounds, Especially in A Line of Poetry

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    The document defines assonance as the repetition of similar vowel sounds, especially in lines of poetry. It provides two examples from poems - "The Bells" by Edgar Allen Poe, which uses the repeated e sound in "mellow", "wedding", and "bells", and a line from "The Raven" which repeats the e sound in "further", "uttered", and "feather". A third example from "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss shows assonance through the repetition of the a sound in "Sam", "ham", and "I am".

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    The document defines assonance as the repetition of similar vowel sounds, especially in lines of poetry. It provides two examples from poems - "The Bells" by Edgar Allen Poe, which uses the repeated e sound in "mellow", "wedding", and "bells", and a line from "The Raven" which repeats the e sound in "further", "uttered", and "feather". A third example from "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss shows assonance through the repetition of the a sound in "Sam", "ham", and "I am".

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    The document defines assonance as the repetition of similar vowel sounds, especially in lines of poetry. It provides two examples from poems - "The Bells" by Edgar Allen Poe, which uses the repeated e sound in "mellow", "wedding", and "bells", and a line from "The Raven" which repeats the e sound in "further", "uttered", and "feather". A third example from "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss shows assonance through the repetition of the a sound in "Sam", "ham", and "I am".

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    The Repetition of Similar Vowel Sounds, Especially in A Line of Poetry

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    Rizi Mae Codal
    The document defines assonance as the repetition of similar vowel sounds, especially in lines of poetry. It provides two examples from poems - "The Bells" by Edgar Allen Poe, which uses the repeated e sound in "mellow", "wedding", and "bells", and a line from "The Raven" which repeats the e sound in "further", "uttered", and "feather". A third example from "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss shows assonance through the repetition of the a sound in "Sam", "ham", and "I am".

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    Definition

    Assonance
    The repetition of similar vowel
    sounds, especially in a line of
    poetry.
    Assonance
    Example
    Hear the mellow wedding bells”

    The Bells by Edgar Allen Poe

    The sound of the e in mellow,


    wedding, and bells sounds the same,
    making it assonance.
    Assonance
    Example
    I do not like them Sam I am,
    I do not like green eggs and
    ham. (green eggs and ham, Dr. Seuss)
    Assonance
    Example
    … nothing further then he
    uttered not a feather then he
    fluttered.

    The Raven, Edgar Allen Poe

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