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.

Snow Mail by Kenn Nesbitt
Snow Mail
My Ugly Pug
Triangles Make Me Feel Nervous by Kenn Nesbitt
Triangles Make Me Feel Nervous
Glurp the Purple Alien
Michael's Viking Bicycle by Kenn Nesbitt
Michael’s Viking Bicycle
Costume Classroom by Kenn Nesbitt
Costume Classroom
My Dog Is Not the Smartest Dog
The Toughest Pastry Maker
It’s Raining in My Bedroom
The Winter Olympics are Practically Here
I Saw a Sloth Play Soccer
Annette the Detective by Kenn Nesbitt
Annette the Detective
Grave Humor
Bigfoot’s Bewilderment
Whenever Yaks Play Basketball
Payton the Painter by Kenn Nesbitt
Payton the Painter
Random Andy by Kenn Nesbitt
Random Andy
My Chicken’s On the Internet
Making Cakes by Kenn Nesbitt
Making Cakes
When Rattlesnakes Wear Roller Skates
My Hat Is Full of Rabbits
Catastrophe
It's Raining Cats and Dogs Today by Kenn Nesbitt
It’s Raining Cats and Dogs Today
My Turtle Is the Sporting Sort

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