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
My Cat Knows Karate
AstroCow
I Bought a Maserati
My Sloth Is Supersonic
My Puppy Punched Me in the Eye
We Bought a Lot of Candy Bars
Our Holiday Shopping
The Dog Ate Our Dinner
My Kitten Is a Ninja
My Flat Cat
My Brother Punched Me in the Head
My Hot Dog Is Soggy
My Koala’s Not a Doctor
A Fishy List
I Tried to Take a Selfie
An Ogre Came over for Dinner
My Dog Is Always Shivering
After Thanksgiving
Everyone’s Screaming
My Favorite Word is Floofy
The Birds Are Chirping Happily
On New Year’s Day
Elaine the Complainer