Assonance
Assonance is one of the more difficult techniques to master when writing poetry. Assonance occurs when vowels are repeated in words that are close to each other. There are three literary devices found in prose and poetry. These are: Consonance - repeating the final consonant sounds of words. Writers usually focus on the accented syllables or the more important words to use in this technique.Alliteration - repetition of the first sounds of words that are fairly close together. A common example of alliteration is the tongue twister.Assonance - repetition of vowel sounds to set the mood or add to the meaning of the word. Some common conditions that assonance constructions include... - The repetitive sound must be that of vowels (A, E, I, O, U).- The repetition must me quite systematic and is…



