poetic device: Assonance

Assonance is when nearby words share the same vowel sounds, especially on their stressed (or accented) syllables, such as “tiny dinosaur” (which share a long “i” sound) or “random hat” (which share a short “a” sound).

These poems all include at least one instance of assonance. See if you can the assonant words in these poems.

My Dog Likes to Disco by Kenn Nesbitt
My Dog Likes to Disco
My Cat Knows Karate by Kenn Nesbitt
My Cat Knows Karate
Our Holiday Shopping by Kenn Nesbitt
Our Holiday Shopping
I Bought a Maserati by Kenn Nesbitt
I Bought a Maserati
My Sloth Is Supersonic
My Puppy Punched Me in the Eye by Kenn Nesbitt
My Puppy Punched Me in the Eye
The Dog Ate Our Dinner by Kenn Nesbitt
The Dog Ate Our Dinner
AstroCow by Kenn Nesbitt
AstroCow
My Kitten Is a Ninja by Kenn Nesbitt
My Kitten Is a Ninja
We Bought a Lot of Candy Bars by Kenn Nesbitt
We Bought a Lot of Candy Bars
My Flat Cat
My Flat Cat
My Brother Punched Me in the Head by Kenn Nesbitt
My Brother Punched Me in the Head
My Koala's Not a Doctor by Kenn Nesbitt
My Koala’s Not a Doctor
I Tried to Take a Selfie by Kenn Nesbitt
I Tried to Take a Selfie
Robot Halloween by Kenn Nesbitt
Robot Halloween
A Fishy List by Kenn Nesbitt
A Fishy List
My Hot Dog Is Soggy by Kenn Nesbitt
My Hot Dog Is Soggy
An Ogre Came Over for Dinner by Kenn Nesbitt
An Ogre Came over for Dinner
After Thanksgiving
I'd Like to Be a Movie Star by Kenn Nesbitt
I’d Like to Be a Movie Star
Bob’s Job
Everyone's Screaming by Kenn Nesbitt
Everyone’s Screaming
Saturday's My Lazy Day by Kenn Nesbitt
Saturday’s My Lazy Day
When Puppies Play Baseball by Kenn Nesbitt
When Puppies Play Baseball

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