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 Kitten Is a Ninja
My Dog Likes to Disco
My Brother Punched Me in the Head
My Cat Knows Karate
I Bought a Maserati
A Fishy List
AstroCow
My Puppy Punched Me in the Eye
We Bought a Lot of Candy Bars
My Sloth Is Supersonic
Our Holiday Shopping
The Dog Ate Our Dinner
My Flat Cat
My Koala’s Not a Doctor
I Tried to Take a Selfie
When Puppies Play Baseball
An Ogre Came over for Dinner
My Hot Dog Is Soggy
I Found a Penny on the Ground
On New Year’s Day
After Thanksgiving
Bob’s Job
The Birds Are Chirping Happily
Elaine the Complainer