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.
Beavers In the Bathroom
Carl the Cookie Carrier
When Freddie Had Spaghetti
Polar Bowling
Bloome the Human Boomerang
Nate the Creative
Rudy Tude
My Brother’s a Genius
My Sister Kisses Thistles
Our Family Picnic
At Hamster Sam’s Rodeo
Going Nowhere Slowly
When Otto Got a Hot Dog
Dizzy Dottie’s Dog Salon
The Technobabylonians
A Penguin’s Toes
The Bagel Bird
Bouncing Brianna
Toby the Snowboarding Doberman
Abrocat the Acrobat
Cara’s Parrot
Arthur the Artist
Has Anyone Seen My Chameleon?
Gobble, Gobble Went the Turkey