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.

Catastrophe
My Turtle Is the Sporting Sort
Beavers In the Bathroom
Carl the Cookie Carrier
Michael the Psychic
When Freddie Had Spaghetti by Kenn Nesbitt
When Freddie Had Spaghetti
Polar Bowling
Nate the Creative
Bloome the Human Boomerang
Rudy Tude by Kenn Nesbitt
Rudy Tude
My Brother’s a Genius
My Sister Kisses Thistles
Our Family Picnic
At Hamster Sam’s Rodeo
When Otto Got a Hot Dog by Kenn Nesbitt
When Otto Got a Hot Dog
The Technobabylonians
The Technobabylonians
Dizzy Dottie’s Dog Salon
Going Nowhere Slowly by Kenn Nesbitt
Going Nowhere Slowly
It's Raining Cats and Dogs Today by Kenn Nesbitt
It’s Raining Cats and Dogs Today
A Penguin's Toes by Kenn Nesbitt
A Penguin’s Toes
The Bagel Bird
Bouncing Brianna
Toby the Snowboarding Doberman
Abrocat the Acrobat