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.

Whenever Yaks Play Basketball
Payton the Painter by Kenn Nesbitt
Payton the Painter
Making Cakes by Kenn Nesbitt
Making Cakes
My Chicken’s On the Internet
When Rattlesnakes Wear Roller Skates
My Hat Is Full of Rabbits
December I Went Shopping
Catastrophe
My Turtle Is the Sporting Sort
Beavers In the Bathroom
It's Raining Cats and Dogs Today by Kenn Nesbitt
It’s Raining Cats and Dogs Today
Michael the Psychic
Carl the Cookie Carrier
When Freddie Had Spaghetti by Kenn Nesbitt
When Freddie Had Spaghetti
Polar Bowling
Nate the Creative
Bloome the Human Boomerang
My Sister Kisses Thistles
My Brother’s a Genius
Rudy Tude by Kenn Nesbitt
Rudy Tude
The Technobabylonians
The Technobabylonians
Our Family Picnic
Iggy Borborygmus by Kenn Nesbitt
Iggy Borborygmus
When Otto Got a Hot Dog by Kenn Nesbitt
When Otto Got a Hot Dog

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